Japan has decided to allow same-sex couples to be treated as being in de facto marriages under a total of nine more laws and ordinances, including the disaster condolence grant law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/japan/same-sex-partners-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #samesexmarriage #japanesecourts #lgbtq
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The nature of #progress isn't about judging from perfection, it's about moving in the right direction
#SameSexMarriage is not legal in #SouthKorea, but applaud the country, because:
"South Korea officially recognises same-sex couples in national census"
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/22/south-korea-same-sex-couples-national-census/
It's always a struggle. Every incremental victory should be cherished
Judge on moving forward or moving backward (and thus, excoriate backsliding countries like the #USA), not absolute position
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🚨🚨 #SCOTUS rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🚨🚨
The #SupremeCourt on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #SameSexMarriage nationwide.
The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to #SameSex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in #Obergefell v. Hodges.
#law #LGBTQ #HumanRights #love
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-50eb4ad421911696e742d8c4fb4962fd?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-10-Breaking+News