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May 20, 2013
Trans people left behind in England and Wales equal marriage bill

Married transgender people will need their husband or wife’s permission before they can have their gender recognized

Imagine: you want to set up a new company but the law requires you to have the written consent of your wife; or you’ve just got pregnant, but you haven’t got a piece of paper with your husband’s signature on it stating he’s OK with that; or you’ve just been involved in a major car accident, sadly without your spouse’s written approval.

January 14, 2013
Judge says UK civil partners can divorce like married Canadian couples

Ontario court judges that gay couple with a British civil partnership qualified as married

A Canadian judge has decided that a gay couple with a UK civil partnership can be treated as married – and therefore get divorced.

The judgement in Ontario follows legal objections from the Canadian federal Crown.

In 2009 Wayne Hincks and Gerardo Gallardo entered into a civil partnership in London. Both obtained Canadian citizenship after emigrating to Toronto in 2010.

Unlike Canada, British law does not currently allow same-sex couples to marry although civil partnerships allow for similar rights and responsibilities.

December 3, 2012
Court grants Israel gay couple divorce for first time

An Israeli court has granted a divorce of a gay couple for the first time in the country's history

A court has ordered the ministry of interior of Israel to register a gay couple as divorced after it continually rejected their requests.

Yesterday (2 November) a Ramat Gan family court approved the request of Uzi Even, a former Israeli member of parliament and professor at Tel Aviv University, and Amit Kama, who teaches communications at Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, to order Israel’s ministry of interior to register them as divorced.

April 8, 2012
Lesbians denied divorce head to Court of Appeals

Couple try for divorce two years after first petition is rejected

A lesbian couple are petitioning for divorce in the state of Maryland where same-sex marriages are not recognised - two years after their first application was rejected.

Jessica Port and Virginia Anne Cowan were wed in California in 2008 before Proposition 8 was imposed. Two years later, the pair filed for divorce in Maryland in 2010 but had their petition thrown out by judge A. Michael Chapdelaine as the state does not recognise same-sex weddings.