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The Government will take legal advice before deciding whether same-sex marriages that have already happened will be voided

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

Privy Council judges yesterday dismissed an appeal from two women who wanted a legally recognised marriage in the Cayman Islands. Chantelle Day and Vickie Bodden Bush challenged a Court of Appeal ruling that the overseas territory’s Bill of Rights di...

June 2013: The Human Rights Act 1981 is amended to outlaw discrimination due to sexual orientation. Wayne Furbert, then an Opposition MP, tries unsuccessfully to remove same-sex marriage from the new provision. October 2015: Preserve Marriage...

Dear Sir, Almost half a million dollars spent on trying to tell someone who they can and cannot marry? What a waste of money! We have women and children who are being abused and living in shelters. They could use some of that money. We have homeless ...

Royal Gazette intern Chelsea Hill discusses the frustrations of waiting for a decision from the Privy Council on same sex marriage

A charity which promotes and supports Bermuda’s LGBTQ community is asking people to take part in a survey and sign up for regular updates on its activities. OutBermuda, which has just had its charitable status renewed for the next three years, said i...

Almost one in three of the complaints received by the Human Rights Commission in 2020 were claims of discrimination on the grounds of disability, according to the Commission’s annual report. The report, tabled today in the House of Assembly by Tinee...

An absence of traditional political boundaries is often a key feature of Bermuda lobby groups. Some representatives said that they attracted support from across society and were confident that grass roots organisations made an impact. A spokesperson ...

Bermuda has seen the emergence of a number of new community action groups – Pride Bermuda, the Bermuda Freedom Alliance, Social Justice Bermuda to name three. But can these develop into mainstream political parties, or can their members become ou...

A “voluntary and loving” display of rainbow colours from a government building such as Cabinet or Camden House could be enough to empower LGBTQ+ citizens, former Attorney-General Michael Scott told a Bermuda Pride panel last night. Mr Scott, who step...

Government Minister Tinée Furbert yesterday said she supported the “celebrations of Bermuda Pride, where there are celebrations of freedoms to be accepted for who you are”. The Minister of Social Development and Seniors said the Bermuda Pride organis...