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Havana dons giant rainbow flags in key year for Cuban LGBT+ rights

HAVANA Cuba draped its health ministry with a giant rainbow flag on Monday to mark International Day against Homophobia, in a key year for LGBT+ rights as the Caribbean country decides on a new family code that could approve same-sex marriage. | Video

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U.S. Supreme Court conservatives revive criticism of gay marriage ruling

Two conservative justices mounted a fresh attack on Monday on the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide even as the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a bid by a former Kentucky official to avoid lawsuits over her refusal to grant marriage licenses to two same-sex couples.

Poland will not let EU 'force' it into allowing gay marriages, says justice minister

WARSAW Poland's justice minister said on Monday the European Union may be in a position to force Warsaw to legalize gay marriage if EU leaders make financial aid conditional on upholding democratic norms, and warned that this was unacceptable.

World, Jul 20 2020

Russian parliament begins legalising ban on same-sex marriage

MOSCOW Russian lawmakers late on Tuesday submitted draft legislation that would ban same-sex marriage after voters backed changes to the constitution which define marriage as a union of a man and a woman only.

World, Russia, Jul 15 2020

"Finally" say activists as Swiss same-sex marriage bill advances

ZURICH Switzerland's lower house of parliament approved draft legislation on Thursday to let same-sex couples marry in a country that has lagged other parts of western Europe in gay rights.

World, Jun 11 2020

Defying pandemic, gay couples hold first marriages in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE Marco Castillo and his boyfriend, Rodrigo Campos, waited just a few hours to take advantage of a new law in Costa Rica that made the country the first in Central America to allow same-sex marriage.

World, May 26 2020