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Hi all, was looking for a thread to add about same-sex couples adopting in NZ but couldn't find one, so I thought I'd start an international thread. Should I see anything interesting from Asia, I'll add that as well.
Here's an article (and link) from Express Magazine, Aotearoa/New Zealand about adoption (http://www.gayexpress.co.nz/2012/07/...union-couples/) The National party has passed a remit for the 1955 Adoption Act to be extended to couples in civil unions. The remit was passed with a two-thirds majority at the National party’s annual conference yesterday. It was pushed through by the youth wing of the party, the Young Nats. Prime Minister John Key said while the remit showed the party is modernising, adoption reform was not high on its to-do list. “Realistically it’s just not the biggest issue that we face. I know it’s important to those people, but they’re a very small group,” he said. “We have a limited amount of house time that we can work through a limited number of issues… You have to think through the amount of parliamentary time that would be chewed up on that issue.” The 1955 Adoption Act currently allows only legally married couples to adopt children. Two separate bills that seek to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption, drafted by Labour MP Louisa Wall and Green MP Kevin Hague, are currently in the members’ bill ballot. (p.s. our Prime Minister, John Key, is a self-serving rich d*ckhead)
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And on it goes - any LGBT Malaysian citizens should .... immigrate.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cat...8138#f3b8248ef
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No same-sex marriage in Australia this year ...
Australian lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a Labor MP's bill that would have legalised same-sex marriage ...
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Transsexual twin sisters to register as men...
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The country's first transsexual twin sisters are expected to complete their surgeries and have their registered gender changed at the police, said the younger of the two, who will be discharged from a local hospital this week. http://english.people.com.cn/90782/7938279.html
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This organisation, Family First, think it's funny to talk about incest, pedophilia and same-sex marriage in the same breath. I just watched most of their promotional video - the guy heading the organisation is very clever. Getting the name of FF out there in the media and lulling people into thinking that it's an organisation who's goals are sensible. And also what's interesting, for those of you interested in representation in media, that all of the people featured in the promotional video are Maori or Pacific Islanders. Hmmmm, wonder what the target it?
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Continuing to talk to myself
Very short interview from protesters in Kuala Lumpur regarding the comments on how to identify a child who is gay or lesbian.
[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZafhxn6DKM&feature=player_embedded"]Protests over Malaysia advice on gay 'symptoms' - YouTube[/nomedia]
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