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Senegal's Constitutional Council struck down a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage that had passed the National Assembly unanimously — on a technicality that has nothing to do with LGBTQ+ rights.
On June 29, Senegal's National Assembly amended the constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. It passed unanimously, and it caps a brutal year for the country's LGBTQ+ people.
New polling shows American support for same-sex marriage at its lowest point in years, while several Republican-led states swap Pride Month proclamations for 'Fidelity Month' and 'Nuclear Family Month.'
Japan's Supreme Court has consolidated six same-sex marriage appeals before its full Grand Bench. The decision, expected in 2027, will determine whether the last G7 holdout's marriage ban is constitutional.
Warsaw's civil registry transcribed a same-sex marriage certificate on May 14, the first time in Polish history. Wrocław became the second city to do so days later. Both implement court orders that the Tusk government had, until recently, signaled it might ignore.
Over 100 rights groups, including Amnesty International and Poland's Supreme Bar Council, signed an open letter demanding the government implement court orders to recognize same-sex marriages performed abroad — after the Interior Minister suggested it wouldn't.
The Czech Republic's enhanced same-sex partnership law took effect on January 1, 2025 — granting registered partners almost every right of marriage except joint adoption. More than a year in, here's what's working, what isn't, and why couples are still fighting for full equality.
Just two years after legalizing same-sex marriage, Greece is moving to restrict surrogacy access exclusively to women — a rollback that legal experts say likely violates European human rights law.
Poland's Supreme Administrative Court ruled that civil registries must record same-sex marriages from other EU states — a landmark shift for a country where marriage equality remains constitutionally banned.
One year after becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, Thailand has seen over 26,000 couples tie the knot — roughly 10% of all marriages registered nationwide.
