New Zealand deletes convictions for homosexuality from criminal recordsSame-sex Adoption Now Legalized All Over AustraliaWashington and California Are Particularly Popular with Same-sex Couples

New Zealand deletes convictions for homosexuality from criminal records

New Zealand deletes convictions for homosexuality from criminal records
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of April 8, 2018) The New Zealand parliament unanimously passed an amnesty law in third reading on April 3, 2018. According to this, sentences for homosexuality issued before the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1986 are to be deleted from criminal records. In February 2017, the Minister of Justice had already announced this…
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Same-sex Adoption Now Legalized All Over Australia

Same-sex Adoption Now Legalized All Over Australia
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of March 21, 2018) On March 13, 2018, the Northern Territory in Australia enacted an amendment to the Adoption Law allowing same-sex couples to adopt children without restriction. Previously, homosexual couples willing to adopt had to be married for at least two years before adoption. The new law, introduced in parliament in…
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Washington and California Are Particularly Popular with Same-sex Couples

Washington and California Are Particularly Popular with Same-sex Couples
(Blogmensgo, gay blog of March 15, 2018) According to a study published on February 28, 2018 by American interest group Tax Policy Center, homosexual couples on average are younger, better off, more urban and with fewer children than heterosexual couples. In 2015 however, according to tax statistics, the 250,450 same-sex couples accounted for only 0.48%…
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