Obama's day of triumph, grief and grace
Rarely has a single day so completely encapsulated the emotional peaks and troughs of the presidency of Barack Obama.
Rarely has a single day so completely encapsulated the emotional peaks and troughs of the presidency of Barack Obama.
An Australian coupled has pledged to get divorced if politicians legalise same-sex marriage in the country.
As same-sex marriages have surged into the mainstream, so too has the gay-wedding industry in the US.
It was "a moment bigger than politics", declared the Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, introducing his same-sex marriage bill to the federal Parliament yesterday.
A transgender Kiwi officially recognised as a woman has found love and will get married today.
Question: "Why is it, when a lesbian couple marries, one wears a dress and the other wears pants (usually a tuxedo-like suit)?"
Australian MP Tony Abbott faces increasing pressure on the issue of a same-sex marriage referendum, with criticism now from his lesbian sister Christine Forster.
A top Irish Catholic leader said the Church needs a "reality check" as the predominantly Catholic nation voted to approve gay marriage.
The New Zealand Defence Force has hosted its first same-sex wedding.
Uniformed police staff have been granted permission for the first time to march in the Auckland Pride Parade.
As Stephen Fry prepares to tie the knot with Elliott Spencer, Patrick Strudwick explains why he believes that the couple's union explodes many of the myths surrounding gay marriage.
Elton John officially tied the knot with his partner at their estate in Windsor in south east England, on the ninth anniversary of their civil partnership.
When Jamie and Louis, both transsexual, decided to marry, they also chose to allow TV cameras to record the often rocky run-up to the big day. They tell Kate Hilpern why they did it.
The course of true love never did run smooth, but a New Zealand Government official did his best to help a celebrity couple walk down the aisle when their dream wedding seemed in peril.
Children in same-sex families scored better on a number of key measures of physical health and social well-being than kids from the general population.
Economist Lee Badgett says equal treatment for gays and lesbians can benefit economies from Virginia to India.
An Anglican pastor has quit the church and is taking his congregation with him after the governing body moved ahead with plans to bless same-sex relationships.
The Anglican Church has agreed to look at ways same-sex relationships can be part of church life, but will not marry gay couples.
It's time to celebrate all that marriage equality has given society, writes Lee Suckling. Importantly, it's also time to reflect on what it hasn't given us.
A lone protester made her opposition known as she stood outside a Northland church seminar offering to help people overcome "same-sex attraction issues".
Children in Iraq could be legally married before the age of nine under legislation tabled this week that introduces new religious restrictions on women's rights.
Conservatives leader Colin Craig has rejected Russel Norman's suggestion he's limited his defamation claim because he's afraid of what's in his emails about gay Kiwis.
Some celebrants have stepped down in opposition to same-sex marriage, although they are outnumbered by those signing up to marry gay couples.
Transgender advocate Kelly Ellis is marrying the woman she loves, for a second time.
Almost 5 per cent of all marriages of NZ residents were between same-sex couples in the first four months after gay marriage became legal.