Tag: gays

• Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 10:24 UTC

  Open debate in the Vatican: conservative bishops disagree with “gay approach”

  

  Conservative Roman Catholic prelates have vowed to change a controversial Vatican document that held out the possibility of a major shift in the Church's attitude towards homosexuals.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 05:53 UTC

  Pope Francis shakes Vatican policy with new attitude towards gays

  

  The Vatican has taken strides in announcing a new change in views towards homosexuals, which according to a Vatican document drafted after a week-long discussion of 200 bishops on family issues, states that homosexuals have “gifts and qualities to offer.”

• Monday, July 29th 2013 - 21:49 UTC

  Francis speaks openly about the Church’s problems during his trip back to Italy

  

  Pope Francis said the troubled Vatican bank must become “honest and transparent” and that he will listen to the advice of a commission he has set up on whether it can be reformed or needs to be shut down altogether.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:29 UTC

  Buenos Aires gains increasing popularity as gay destination by the pink press

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires has gained increasing popularity as a gay destination, largely due to recent liberalization laws which have supported gay and lesbian lifestyles, reports Pink Choice.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 05:13 UTC

  End of ‘don’ ask, don’t tell’: gays can serve openly in the US military.

  

  President Barack Obama hailed the end of the policy banning gays from serving openly in the US military, saying its official demise marked a key step toward fulfilling America's founding ideals.

• Friday, July 1st 2011 - 02:03 UTC

  Brazilian judge approves first gay marriage in the country

  

  A Brazilian judge approved what is considered to be the country’s first gay marriage. Sao Paulo state Judge Fernando Henrique Pinto ruled on Wednesday two men could convert their civil union into a full marriage.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 16:44 UTC

  More than 50.000 people joined Gay Pride Parade in downtown Santiago de Chile

  

  With drag queens stomping in their stilettos and adults, teens and children waving rainbow flags, more than 50,000 people paraded through Santiago de Chile on Saturday in support of gay rights in the annual March for Sexual Diversity.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 05:33 UTC

  Sao Paulo celebrates Gay Pride Day with the largest world turnout

  

  Hundreds of thousands of people dancing and wearing costumes packed on Sunday the streets of Sao Paulo, South America's biggest city to celebrate June 26 gay pride day and call for an end to homophobia.

• Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 10:17 UTC

  Great victory for gay rights movement: New York legalizes same-sex marriage

  

  New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. New York thus becomes the sixth state in the US where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.