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There is hope for gay couples in Scotland who want to have a baby by NHS Surrogate.

4May

By RaffaNo Comments

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There is hope for gay couples in Scotland who want to have a baby by NHS Surrogate.

There is hope and “an open door” for others. A happy ending for Ross and Chris Muller, a Scottish couple that lives in Edinburgh and got married after 8 years of relationship. A couple that - like many others - always dreamed about starting a family together and finally their dream is coming true. They initially looked at adoption before settling on surrogacy, and having one of the best news in the world for them. After many researches they finally found a way to get surrogacy, but there is something we always have to keep in mind when taking this option into consideration: the super expensive costs of private surrogacy. They did not give up. As reported on the Daily Record, once they faced this very bad surprise, they asked NHS to help them but their request was refused because t...

4May

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Owning homophobic comments: we should all learn from this brand!

By continuing to come back to this post and commenting will continue to push it out to other people. We know how instagram works, don’t we? Well, let me tell you that if we like a pic or comment it, IG will understand that this post is interesting and it will automatically be pushed to more users on that social network, who will like it themselves (or maybe write a comment to it) and other people will see that post in their feed too… and so on. This is basically what is happening to Playful Promises - a famous British Lingerie brand - that on Saturday, posted a pic of Jake DuPree - the famous “merman” from Los Angeles, wearing a dusty rose bra and suspender set.“ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pWqOQBcnN/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loadingù “Jake DuPree causing heart palp...

Being fat in an unloved community: Are we deserving of a fairytale ending ?

4May

By Roberta MooreNo Comments

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Being fat in an unloved community: Are we deserving of a fairytale ending ?

Love is difficult enough without having physical constraints that prevent good first impressions. As a lesbian, it is harder to find your soulmate. We are limited in our small community and having to work with a bare minimum is always a challenge. Does the fairy tale ending exist for us ? I have spent many sleepless nights consumed by diving into my imagination of spending moments with my soulmate. Like many women, I dream of a wedding filled with sharing love and happiness with friends and family. It wasn’t until in the early hours of Thursday morning that I had decided to watch an episode of Australian ‘Married at First Site’. I fell upon a lesbian couple called Amanda and Tash. Their wedding melted my heart. The smiles, the giggles, the happiness all around was magical; it gave...

Pope Ratzinger booms against gay marriages and abortion

4May

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Pope Ratzinger booms against gay marriages and abortion

"Gay weddings and abortion are signs of the Antichrist" Here we go again, the Pope who abdicated for a younger and more likeable Pope, the one who was put in the corner by Saint Mother Church because his likability had fallen so so much to become frightening for the entire Church Organisation, just can’t really stay quiete and water his little roses. In his biography that is being published today in Germany, and as anticipated by the ultra-conservative and Catholic American website LifeSiteNews, PapaRatzy allows himself to a series of questions in which he touches subjects, that in his opinion, are dangerous for the power of the Church in the world. According to what the aforementioned site anticipated, the real problems for The Church Ltd., are not the myriads of sexual abuses on c...

Our Editor-in-Chief welcomes you to The Gayly Mirror

4May

By RaffaNo Comments

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Our Editor-in-Chief welcomes you to The Gayly Mirror

Hiya, hope you’re doing great even though the whole world is a bit crazy at the moment. My name is Raffa (Raffaele) and I am the Editor-in-Chief of this new LGBT+ Information and Lifestyle Magazine. Please, accept my warmest welcome to The Gayly Mirror; as of today we officially open our doors to old and new readers. I know you might be asking yourself if we really needed a new LGBT+ News and Lifestyle Magazine, and I honestly think I do not own an answer for you. I’m sure you will all appreciate the fact that since the very first moment I thought about this project, my intention was to deliver free and verified information and entertainment. I am so happy I found a TEAM that shares this view with me and is keen to offer you good pieces to read and get news and inspiration from. T...

Tunisia and the possibly fake recognition of a gay marriage

30Apr

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Tunisia and the possibly fake recognition of a gay marriage

What’s the truth behind the news? We have recently reported the fantastic news of a possible recognition of a marriage happened between a French man and a Tunisian man in France which, apparently, got automatically recognised in Tunisia too. But apparently now, after so many rumors, confirmations and denials, Tunisia Minister Zitoun quashes reports that this happened. The LGBT+ rights campaigner Peter Tatchell told the Jerusalem Post Wednesday that “this ruling is disappointing but not unexpected. […] A same-sex marriage conducted in France appeared to be recognized by default by the Tunisian authorities, possibly due to an administrative oversight. […] The Tunisian government has now confirmed that it does not recognize such marriages.” What is the explanation given by Zitoun? Ap...

27Apr

By RaffaNo Comments

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Tunisia opens to gay marriages

The male - liwat - and female - mousahaqa - homosexual acts are punished with imprisonment up to three years in Tunisia. Yet despite this troglodyte law, Tunisia has written history between the Arab and Muslim countries, recognizing for the first time a marriage between two men. Shams association - which has always fought in the country for the decriminalization of homosexuality - through their facebook page announced this very important event. A unique news that arrives on the first day of Ramadan - a month sacred to Muslims - and which despite bringing such positive news, has sparked a heated debate in the high religious and extremist spheres of the country. This is the recognition of a marriage celebrated in France between a 31-year-old French citizen and a 26-year-old Tunisian c...

United Nations: a response to Covid-19 and the rights of the LGBT+ population

23Apr

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United Nations: a response to Covid-19 and the rights of the LGBT+ population

It is time to stop this stigma against LGBT+ population amidst this Coronavirus pandemic. Too many incidents among the LGBT+ population worldwide accused to be one of the causes of this Covid-19 pandemic brought the United Nations to release a note titled “COVID-19 AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTI PEOPLE”. There is a clear and urgent request from the High Commission of the UN to stop the stigmatisation of LGBT+ people continuously blamed for disasters, both natural and human, and especially in this historical and delicate time of our lives where we are fighting against a dangerous virus. The Office of High Commissioner makes clear example to this situation: “LGBTI people have previously been blamed for disasters, both manmade and natural, and there are scattered reports of this happe...

Same Sex Families can finally adopt in Finland

21Apr

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Same Sex Families can finally adopt in Finland

It took 3 years but it is now a reality. Helsinki is the first city with 2 same-sex families who have finally been able to adopt. In March 2017 Finland reformed and renewed their Marriage Act to finally allow same-sex couples to marry and become fully recognised families, becoming the last country of the Nordic ones to legalise marriage equality, even though until that moment Finland rarely had big homophobic issues and. In fact, equal access to fertility treatments has been legal for same-sex female couples in Finland since 2006. With the introduction of this new law, same-sex-couples, once married, would be able to adopt children: but this was not as easy as it seemed. In fact, as reported on News Now Finland, all couples willing to adopt a child must go through an extensive counsell...

Italy – when homosexuality is compared to mental illness.

21Apr

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Italy – when homosexuality is compared to mental illness.

Wedding is NULL because his wife is Lesbian. This is what happens in Apulia, south of Italy, in a beautiful region reach of history, art, great food and breathtaking beaches, where religion is way too strong to sometimes stop homophobia, and where Anna - this is the name of this unlucky character - found her self to be considered guilty of “mental illness” simply because she understood and accepted she was Lesbian. She has been married to Antonio for over 10 years, gave him three beautiful children and slowly, with an inner struggle, she finally understood and accepted her homosexuality, but for the Apulian Ecclesiastical Court and for the Cassation this has been recognized as a disabling reason for the marriage and therefore for its immediate dissolution through the Roman Rota. Th...