All Posts Tagged With: "gay and lesbian couples"

LGBT panel discusses need for improved safety

The Salt Lake Tribune Law enforcement is there to help, but members of Utah’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community also need to work together to improve safety for one another. That was the theme of a LGBT panel discussion Tuesday night hosted by the Utah Pride Center and other community groups at the [...]

15Jul2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Uruguay congress legalizes sex changes

(AFP) MONTEVIDEO — Uruguay’s congress Monday approved a sex change law, the latest liberal move by the tiny South American nation which has also given the nod to civil unions for gays and adoptions by gay couples. The sex change bill, approved by the Senate on Monday and last month by the Chamber of Deputies, [...]

12Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Uruguay lawmakers approve gay adoptions

(AFP) MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Lawmakers in Uruguay on Thursday voted to allow adoptions by gay and lesbian couples, as the tiny nation prepared to set a new precedent in Latin America. The measure still needs to pass through the senate, a move considered a formality since it was already approved there on a first reading. [...]

29Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Australian Legislators Back Gay Rights

By MERAIAH FOLEY SYDNEY, Australia — Australian lawmakers have approved legislation giving homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexuals but have ruled out legalizing same-sex marriages. The Senate passed amendments late Monday to around 100 family, health and taxation laws that give homosexual couples access to the same services as opposite-sex couples living together in [...]

25Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued