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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...

Advocates for preserving traditional marriage “will not participate in any form of hate speech”, last night’s gathering on the topic heard. Instead, visiting American speaker Ryan Anderson outlined a definition of marriage as inherently the domain of...

Same-sex marriage opponent Ryan Anderson has spoken out about the “unfortunate” refusal of the Hamilton Princess, Bermuda to host his talks. Dr Anderson — who is due to speak instead at the New Testament Church of God, Heritage Worship Centre, today ...

A newlywed couple have given a new meaning to the idea of “taking the plunge” by leaping off the cliffs at Admiralty House to celebrate their marriage. Michelle and Jeff Willingham leaped into the sea off Spanish Point on Sunday, just 24 hours after ...

I’m a gay Bermudian who has lived away from my homeland since 2005 when I graduated from college. This is in large part because the laws of Bermuda did not allow me to return without having to leave my long-term partner thousands of miles away. As su...

The Bermuda Association of Family Mediators has launched, coinciding with the Island’s push to bring mediation to the forefront of family law. Training began at the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building on Monday, with experts from Canada helping to teach...

A child sex abuse prevention charity is emphasising the importance of teaching children the correct names for their body parts. Giving nicknames to their genitals can cause confusion and delay when children are disclosing sexual assaults, according ...

A prominent opponent of same-sex marriage has been invited to the Island by the group Concerned Citizens of Bermuda. Ryan Anderson, who is a member of the conservative American think-tank the Heritage Foundation, lectures on the constitutional implic...

A legal initiative is set to “remove some of the poison in family breakdowns”, according to the Governor, George Fergusson. Yesterday morning, the Integrated Family Court began its accredited family law mediation training in Hamilton’s Dame Lois Bro...

The Coalition for the Protection of Children has been a strong advocate of the establishment of a sex offender registry for many years. While we can appreciate the need to protect the identities of victims, we also recognise the concern to avoid furt...

One Bermuda Alliance MPs Mark Pettingill and Suzann Roberts-Holshouser have voiced their opposition to “any form of discrimination” in response to a Royal Gazette poll on same-sex marriage. None of the other 34 Members of Parliament gave their opinio...