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Two Bermuda police officers will attend one of the world’s biggest Pride parades this weekend as the island gears up for its first gay rights celebration next month.
Superintendent Sean Field-Lament and Sergeant Brian Macnab will work with Sussex Pol...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A crowdfunding campaign to raise cash to fight the next step of the Government’s legal battle against same-sex marriage has been launched.
The Crowd Justice campaign, which started on Wednesday, had already raised nearly $5,000 by last night.
Tony ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2019
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Members of the gay community will spread the message that they belong to Bermuda at the island’s first Pride parade, its organisers said yesterday.
Chen Foley, Liz Christopher and David Northcott unveiled plans and a specially designed logo for the e...
DATE: Jul 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A gay rights group has teamed up with a top lawyer to highlight laws that protect LGBT people.
OutBermuda said it had enlisted Peter Sanderson, head of litigation at law firm Benedek Lewin, to create a list of laws “specifically intended to protect ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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A refusal by the Government to release information about the cost of its legal fight against same-sex marriage will be reviewed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The news came after The Royal Gazette made a public access to information reque...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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Thousands of people including Hollywood heavyweights have shown their support for the island’s first Pride celebration.
Tony Brannon, a co-creator of the Bermuda Pride Supporters Facebook group, said that Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones had ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Gay rights activists hit out yesterday after a government backbencher told the House of Assembly that many on the island did not want a Gay Pride march in Bermuda.
Adrian Hartnett-Beasley said the speech by Michael Weeks was out of order.
He wrote on...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first march to celebrate gay pride is to be held this summer.
LGBTQ people and same-sex marriage campaigners said the Bermuda Pride event would help to reinforce that gay people are part of island society.
A spokesman for OutBermuda, the ma...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Government’s legal bid to ban same-sex weddings is likely to cost taxpayers as much as $3 million, marriage equality campaigners suggested yesterday.
LGBTQ charity OutBermuda estimated the final cost after the Government confirmed it had been giv...
DATE: May 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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A British MP with family ties to Bermuda has called on the island to tackle its fears over same-sex marriage and give gay couples the right to marry.
Gillian Keegan, whose husband, Michael, is descended from the Gosling rum family, told The Royal Gaz...
DATE: May 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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