Costa Rica's supreme court has given the country's legislature 18 months to change the law to allow gay marriage.

A bill calling for same-sex marriage to be legalised in the North has passed its first stage in Britain's House of Lords.

A same-sex couple has threatened to sue the State for their daughter's right to travel after being refused a passport and a birth certificate that recognises both parents equally.

Bermuda has become the first country in the world to repeal legislation which allowed same-sex couples to marry.

Senator Jerry Buttimer married his partner, Conchobhar Ó Laoghaire, yesterday in a ceremony attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Enda Kenny, and Frances Fitzgerald.

Australia's prime minister has rushed gay marriage into law by gaining a final signature on a bill

A gay politician has started the Australian Parliament's debate on legal recognition for same-sex marriage with a speech in which he warned against winding back LGBT rights.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland which still bans same sex marriage.

Australian lawmakers who fear a national survey will reveal that most voters want marriage equality are moving to wind back anti-discrimination laws to reduce barriers for people who would boycott gay weddings.

Gay rights advocates have argued in Australia's highest court that the government does not have the power to bypass parliament to pay for a US$122m public survey on whether gay marriage should be legalised.

Thousands of people have joined a major parade through Belfast city centre demanding same-sex marriage rights.

Charlie Bird was in Cork this evening to promote his new book, 'A Day in May: Real Lives, True Stories'.

A support group for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community says there was an extremely high level of demand for its services last year because of the Marriage Equality referendum.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin has hit out at a party councillor who claimed lesbian couples who have babies are "gross", saying the views are "unacceptable, completely" and do not represent the party.

Ireland has seen its first same-sex marriages around the country today.

Religious orders will not be forced to marry gay or lesbian couples, despite the introduction of new Marriage Equality laws.

The last hurdle to same-sex marriage has been cleared with the signing into law of marriage equality.

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The Marriage Act 2015 has been signed into law, and the move has been praised across the globe.

A man who was holding his partner’s hand in a Dublin restaurant as they celebrated a recent anniversary claims he was asked to leave by a manager as other diners had complained about them.

The laws to allow full civil marriage for same-sex couples have completed their journey through the Oireachtas.

The Marriage Bill is to pass through the final stages of the Houses of the Oireachtas today.

Same sex marriage has moved one step closer to becoming law.

Solicitors should be allowed to perform civil wedding ceremonies when marriage is opened to gay couples, a lawyer has urged.

The first same-sex civil marriages should take place by November after the Cabinet approved legislation enabling the reform.

The chief justice has issued a stern warning to organs of the State for rushing ahead with the marriage equality referendum result before the matter had been decided by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has today rejected the final leave to appeal over the result of the Marriage Equality referendum.

Same-sex couples could be able to marry in just a number of weeks with the Cabinet set to discuss legislation this week to give effect to the referendum.

President Michael D Higgins has signed Marriage Equality into law.

People’s “lived experience” of family life and willingness to talk about it trumped all the arguments against change during both the divorce and marriage equality referendums, a family law expert has claimed.

The proportion of people who think that Ireland is a leader in Europe on human rights and equality rose by 15 percentage points after the Marriage Equality referendum in May.

Two legal challenges to the outcome of the marriage referendum are to be heard by the Court of Appeal at the end of next month.

The Supreme Court has declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the US.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.

Two same-sex couples seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage in Northern Ireland have welcomed a judicial decision to let their case proceed.

Two couples will go to court in the North today to mount a legal challenge against the country’s ban on gay marriage.

Long-serving current and former civil servants who have entered civil partnerships or who plan to get married to their same-sex partner have been refused the right to upgrade their single person’s pension to a spouse and children pension.

The Irish answer to the issue of same-sex marriage underscores Pope Francis’s isolation from the Western world and its people, writes John Lloyd.

YouTuber and gay rights campaigner Riyadh Khalaf's car was damaged by acid over the weekend.

Opposition party MPs in Australia hope to harness momentum from the Irish marriage equality referendum after proposing a law that would recognise same-sex marriages.

Ireland could see the first same-sex marriages in Ireland take place in early Autumn, earlier than originally thought.

The head of the United Nations has praised Ireland for its vote on same-sex marriage.

There’s a great untapped appetite for real action to protect human rights and equality, writes Mark Kelly.