A video of a 14 year old girl asking the people of Maryland to vote “No” on marriage equality has gone viral on Buzz Feed. She spent her birthday with the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee and made her birthday wish to lawmakers. Here’s what she said

This summer people in North Carolina will be voting on an anti same-sex marriage amendment which is aiming to take their fight for marriage equality in the wrong direction. True to form, however, people aren’t taking it lying down. Enter Curtis Brown

Yesterday, Canada’s Globe and Mail published a story stating that lawyers, on behalf of the Canadian Government, were set to argue that a same-sex marriage contracted between two non-residents was never a valid marriage in the first place, and thereby decline to allow a divorce.

Following a successful nomination to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by Marriage Equality, Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan have been featured in the EU organisation’s “Women Inspiring Europe” 2012 calendar along with leading inspirational female role models in Europe.

2011 has been celebrated as a great year for the LGBT community. Of course, as long as severe inequality persists, it’s difficult to wholeheartedly agree that it was a great year. All the same, 2011 has certainly upheld that crucial message; that it gets better. So, grab a cup o’ kindness and we’ll run through some of the achievements of the LGBT movement in 2011.

Here are some of the most popular non-Gaelick links from our Facebook page this year. Lovely!

A new ad for Marriage Equality, this time from the land of Oz, has become an internet hit. The ad depicts one person simply loving and caring for a man, the person turning out, of course, to be a man himself. Simple but to the point

Good morning, lesberinos! How are we on this fine November morn? Grab yourself a hot cuppa and peruse some of the queer headlines from Ireland and around the world.

LGBT Noise are having a table quiz on 1st December next. Fighting for equality is expensive work and funds need to be raised in order to be able to continue fighting for our rights – So join LGBT Noise and pals in the Front Lounge to help raise money and be in with a chance of winning some amazing prizes!

The fight for marriage equality in Ireland suffered a minor setback yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled against Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan on a technical point.

Yes, I’ve prattled on before about the changing nature of marriage – through time and in its variations around the world – but I think it’s important to take a look at marriage in Ireland, trace its history, and ask: can equality be legislated?

This just in from our friends at Marriage Equality: Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan will be in the Supreme Court tomorrow (Friday, 21st October) at 10:45am for a motion to amend their pleadings. Although the Court will not be hearing the case tomorrow, its decision may provide us with an indication of how the Supreme Court is feeling about this case

Last week, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the final in our series of articles, we look at parents and children, and other miscellaneous issues

On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. In the second of our series of articles, we look at two further areas examined: immigration and legal procedures

On Tuesday, Marriage Equality launched its “Just Love?” campaign and the “Missing Pieces” report, an audit of civil partnership as compared with marriage. The report reveals 169 differences between the two. Here, we look at the first two areas examined: the family home and finance.

Today Marriage Equality launches its “Just Love?” campaign. To coincide with the launch, a ground-breaking report – “Missing Pieces” – reveals 169 legal differences between civil marriage and civil partnership, and a poster campaign is rolled out across Dublin

The annual LGBT Noise March for Marriage took place this afternoon, setting out at 3pm from Dublin’s City Hall, Lord Edward Street. RTÉ reports that thousands attended. Estimates by those who were present put the crowd at 4,000 people.