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Pride is first and foremost a protest! Pride is a march held annually to protest the oppression, discrimination and violence faced by the LGBTQ+ community. Pride is the physical embodiment of the grassroots fight for equality and equity. Pride is hel...

“Who are you to judge me and the life I live?” — Bob Marley Unconscious bias is commonly defined as the ideals, attitudes and associations we hold subconsciously that often greatly affect the way we see, feel and interact with other individu...

Being a person in Bermuda identifying as LGBTQ+ undoubtedly can be a uniquely challenging experience that is rarely understood by others. Not only must we balance all the aspects of life that come with being human, but we must also face indescribable...

Rapid action is needed to validate the status of same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council backed the Government’s ban on marriage equality, a legal expert has said. Peter Sanderson, a barrister with experience in several constituti...

Same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council’s decision to back the Government’s ban on marriage equality are still languishing in legal limbo more than two months after the landmark ruling. The Government has failed to clarify the pos...

Bermuda’s marriage equality controversy is expected to feature in a debate in the UK’s House of Commons. Crispin Blunt, a Conservative backbencher, has secured a parliamentary slot for a discussion of LGBT rights in Britain’s Overseas Territories. Mr...

Columnist John Barritt says two recent court rulings show that judges should beware of second-guessing politicians’ efforts to manage political differences

Bermuda athletes at the upcoming Commonwealth Games will face protests against the Government’s ban on marriage equality, says British human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell

Supporters of same-sex marriage would have a “good chance” of victory if their case was heard in the European Court of Human Rights, a constitutional expert said. Nicola Barker, a professor of law at the University of Liverpool in England, highlighte...

Campaigners vowed to keep fighting for equality despite disappointment after Privy Council judges allowed the Government’s legal challenge against same-sex marriage

Different sections of the community will be celebrating or mourning this week after the Privy Council upheld the Government’s laws creating civil unions for same-sex couples but banning same-sex marriages. While the decision, by four judges of Bermu...

Judges at the island’s highest court of appeal found that legislation banning same-sex marriage in Bermuda was not unconstitutional.