Pippa McCathie talks about her work as Support Co-ordinator and views on Equal Marriage, as well as being the mother of a gay son. Also news from across the islands and world from a week which has seen amazing progress towards equality.
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of equal marriage in a historic decision that legalises the unions in all 50 states. The court decided by 5-4 that the US constitution’s guarantees of equal protection under the law mean states cannot ban same-sex marriages. Speaking from the White House Rose Garden, US President Barack Obama said…
SAME-SEX couples will soon have the same legal rights to adopt as married ones, after proposals from the Policy Council were almost unanimously supported. Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq, who was himself adopted, stressed the importance of giving children the best opportunity to be placed with a loving family. Read the full report in the Guernsey…
LISTEN AGAIN – BBC RADIO GUERNSEY SUNDAY PHONE IN ON UNION CIVILE Panelists, People’s Deputies Barry Paint and Elis Bebb join Chair of Liberate Martin Gavet and presenter Gareth Owen to talk about Union Civile and Equal Marriage and answer listeners’ questions on LGBTQ issues, equality and other news stories making the headlines.
The first ever Channel Islands Pride event is being organised by our Liberate partners in Jersey. It’s due to take place on Saturday September 12th 2015. Pink News reported on the news this afternoon. You can read all about it here. For more information, go to the Jersey Liberate website. We’ll be there. Will…
Guernsey’s Chief Minister clears up most of the misunderstanding, and answers questions about Union Civile, especially around the difference between this proposal and same sex marriage and the use of the word marriage. Interview with Deputy Jonathan Le Tocq
Currently, Guernsey’s adoption laws do not extend the same facilities to gay, lesbian and unmarried couples as they do to heterosexual married couples. Those laws are over 50 years old, and a proposal for change is being put before the States of Guernsey this month. If successful, the laws will be updated so that a…
Do you know anyone who is transgender? It’s fair to say many people don’t know how to speak to or about transgender people. So what do the terms involved mean and what’s considered polite? With Bruce Jenner’s transformation to Caityln much in the news recently, the BBC have come up with a list of terms and a useful…
Jersey has passed an anti-discrimination law that protects people on the grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation for the first time. Click here for the full story.
A consultation into Union Civile has been launched today by the Policy Council. Views from everyone in the island are being sought, as it is decided whether Guernsey people of all sexualities can enter into a legally recognised and binding civil union. The States of Guernsey will debate the issue in the autumn. It wants a…