Marriage - same-sex

Same-sex marriage campaigners take fight to Japan top court

The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under the current circumstances.

Japan high court rules same-sex marriage ban constitutional

The Tokyo High Court concluded the current civil law provisions that do not allow same-sex marriage are still reasonable under the current circumstances.

EU court says same-sex marriage should be recognised throughout bloc

The EU court said Poland had been wrong in not recognising the marriage of the same-sex couple when they moved back to Poland.

South Korea to count same-sex couples as spouses in census for first time

Seoul Queer Culture Festival participants hold a huge rainbow flag during parade in Seoul, South Korea, July 1, 2023. REUTERS/Minwoo Park/File Photo

'Raped, jailed, tortured, left to die': The hell of being gay in Turkmenistan

(FILES) The main flag of Turkmenistan sits in front of the State museum of the State cultural centre of Turkmenistan in the capital of Ashgabat on June 28, 2023. Three men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and subject to punishment rapes in penal colonies and psychiatric hospitals in Turkmenistan for the "crime" of being gay. When the oil- and gas-rich Central Asian republic makes the headlines, it is usually for the eccentricities of its "National Leader" and "Hero Protector" Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. But behind the monumental statues and the marble city of Arkadag built in Berdymukhamedov's honour, opponents and minorities are mercilessly persecuted, say Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, none more so than LGBT+ people. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

Married couples still excluded under Japan’s transgender law

Japan is the only Group of Seven country that has not legalised same-sex marriage or civil unions.

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HK’s same-sex union Bill marks first big split between govt and legislature

(FILES) A rainbow flag, a symbole of the LGBTQ community, is seen in front of the city skyline in Hong Kong on November 6, 2015. The Hong Kong government said on July 2, 2025 it will propose legislation to recognise some rights of same-sex couples whose marriages are registered abroad, to comply with a 2023 court judgment. (Photo by Isaac LAWRENCE / AFP)

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