Come join Marriage Equality at One Family’s annual Family Day Picnic in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Sunday, May 13th from 11am-5pm, presented by EBS Building Society.We’ll be there again this year celebrating all families including LGBT families and we’d love it if you’d join us!

Malta move towards same sex marriage with the formation of an LGBT inclusive advisory council. They are also looking into trans rights and hopefully this will all lead to a safer and more equal society for all Maltese LGBTs.

New Zealand has become the 13th country to achieve marriage equality and we here in Ireland can only hope we take their lead and become the 14th.

In a joint statement this afternoon (14 April 2013), advocacy groups Marriage Equality, the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) have welcomed the strong endorsement today by the Constitutional Convention of equal marriage as “an historic step”.

At noon, this Sunday, LGBT Noise, various same sex couples and LGBT allies will meet for a snog. Or more correctly, to stage a kiss-in, where couples will lock lips to further promote the support for marriage equality.

The French governmant have taken another major step along the road to marriage equality, lets hope the members of our constitutional convension are watching.

The Labour Party have followed through on their promise to introduce a Bill that would eliminate the Constitutional issues with legislating for same sex marriage in Ireland.

The French assembly has voted in large number to pass a clause central to the same sex marriage and adoption bill being feverishly debated all over the country at present. This is a step in the right direction but there is a long way to go.

The Bill which will change the marriage lsaw in the UK is set to be published today, so lets have a look at exactly what it is thought to contain and what its “quadruple lock” is all about.

More and more polls are showing the wide ranging support the Irish people have for marriage equality. The Constitutional Convention has begun its work but we can still let them know what is required of them.

Support for marriage equality is increasing in Ireland and, as with many societies, it is the youth of the country that is pushing for change.

  Our good friends at Marriage Equality are hoping you will share the spirit of the season with your friends and loved ones with holiday cards from Marriage Equality.  It’s a great cause and the cards, designed by Sarah Ryan, are as cute as can be. The cards are €10 per package of 10, plus [...]

The French governments “marriage for everyone” bill has hit some problems with opposition coming in several forms. Lets hope the delay till January 2013 is the only delay in bringing French LGBT families the legal protections they deserve.

The papers will say history was made in the US when Obama was re-elected but the headline should start with Maine and roll onto Maryland and Washington where equality was the winner.

Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) has established an internet video channel so you an view all of the speaches and most of the craic (karaoke blushes are saved), from the recent 4th European Transgender Council conference.

Marriage Equality have come up with a brilliant event called Just Love: A Gig For Marriage Equality, to promote marriage equality for all in Ireland with the help of some of Ireland’s best bands and artists around – including long-time supporters of the LGBT community, Royseven and the Heathers, plus many more

This morning, the government revealed the proposed wording for the Children’s Referendum. So what, if anything, might the referendum mean for children raised by same-sex couples?