Tag: Lesbians

• Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Brazil: Non-pregnant mothers in same-sex unions entitled to “paternity” leave

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled that non-pregnant women in same-sex unions are entitled to “paternity” leave, Agencia Brasil reported Wednesday. The rationale is to be applied to all similar cases, it was also determined.

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Homophobic attack in London bus against gay couple; Chris is from US and Melaina, Uruguay

  

  Two women who were left covered in blood following a homophobic attack on a bus have said they will not be cowed into hiding their sexuality. Melania Geymonat, 28, from Uruguay and Chris, 29, US citizen say they were attacked by several males on the top deck of a London night bus in the early hours of 30 May after they refused to kiss one other.

• Thursday, October 18th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Left hand fingers' test and a propensity to be lesbian

  

  Women whose left index and ring fingers are different lengths are more likely to be lesbians, a study suggests. Scientists measured the fingers of 18 pairs of female identical twins, where one was straight and the other gay.

• Monday, April 7th 2014 - 05:43 UTC

  Argentine church baptizes lesbian couple child; now they will fight for a catholic marriage

  

  A daughter of a lesbian couple was baptized by the Catholic Church in Argentina on Saturday, April 5 with President Cristina Fernandez acting as the godmother. It was the first case in the country, a gesture of opening from the institution headed by Argentine Pope Francis.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 19:39 UTC

  Argentina celebrates second anniversary of same-sex marriage bill

  

  A law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in Argentina celebrated its second anniversary over the weekend. Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage after President Christina Fernandez signed the law on July 21, 2010.

• 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.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 16:07 UTC

  Argentina military approve first gay officers marriage; second couple waiting

  

  An Argentine Lieutenant colonel and an Army captain will become the first gay military couple to marry since Argentina legalized such unions last year.

• 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.