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A complaint will probably be made to the Human Rights Commission about a hotel’s refusal to host two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent. Melvyn Bassett, spokesman for a group going by the names Preserve Marriage and Concerned Citizens of Bermuda, ...

The Ministry of Education has defended its decision not to teach Portuguese more widely in schools, citing a lack of available teachers. Last month, The Royal Gazette spoke with Ocean 89.1FM radio host Christine Francisco, who presents the Portuguese...

A same-sex couple’s application to marry remains “under review”, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs. However, Senator Fahy said that the Matrimonial Causes Act 1974 “makes it clear that a marriage other than between a man and a w...

Same-sex partners of Bermudians will get the same right to reside and seek work as spouses of Bermudians in less than three months. Chief Justice Ian Kawaley yesterday declined the Bermuda Government’s application for the declaration to be delayed fo...

Mark Pettingill, the lawyer for a same-sex couple seeking to marry in Bermuda, has expressed little surprise that the Registrar-General’s office had not posted his clients’ marriage notice by the close of business on Friday, as required. The office w...

A mother has described her gay son and his partner as “very courageous” for launching a bid to have Bermuda’s first same-sex marriage. Sylvia Hayward-Harris told The Royal Gazette it was typical of her son Ijumo Hayward to “not worry about public app...

A gay couple seeking permission to marry in Bermuda are highly likely to succeed if their case goes before the courts, according to a human rights expert. Lawyer Mark Diel said recent court judgments regarding same-sex couples in Bermuda showed the I...

Dear Sir, My recent Letter to the Editor regarding the honorary consul for Portugal, Andrea Moniz-DeSouza, was not meant to offend or be a personal attack on her character in any way. I do not condone the malicious comments that were made towards he...

A gay Bermudian who is hoping to marry his partner on the Island wants his landmark case to end a culture of people being forced to “live either a lie or in the shadows or behind closed doors”. Ijumo Hayward, 46, and his American partner Clarence Wil...

Concerned Citizens of Bermuda hopes to launch a conversation about same-sex marriage after American speaker Ryan Anderson gave his second talk on the subject last night. The formerly covert group organised the lectures to address the rising concerns...

A Bermudian pastor and motivational speaker has entered the media spotlight after meeting with presidential candidate Donald Trump. Cindy Trimm, a pastor in Henry County, Georgia, was one of many black pastors and leaders who were invited to take par...

A court ruling promising same-sex partners of Bermudians the same rights to reside and work as spouses of Bermudians has garnered international attention. Cayman premier Alden McLaughlin told The Cayman Reporter on Monday that the ruling had bolstere...