Obama takes immigration reform to Supreme CourtPresident Barack Obama's administration asked the US Supreme Court to uphold measures shielding around four million undocumented migrants from deportation.
Canada's Harper a no-show at Montreal's gay pride paradeHuge crowds attended Sunday's gay pride parade in Montreal, including several candidates in the upcoming general elections, though Prime Minister Stephen Harper was conspicuously absent.
17 August 2015
Pope urged to condemn gay unions as unnaturalNearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive communion.
14 August 2015
Australian PM stymies gay marriage push, for nowAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his government would remain opposed to gay marriage during the current parliament, but suggested the issue could be put to a popular vote after the next election.
Acapulco holds mass gay wedding on beachTwenty gay and lesbian couples got married in a mass wedding on an Acapulco beach, one month after Mexico's top court all but legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Obama says gay marriage ruling 'victory for America'US President Barack Obama hailed the Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage, saying it shows social changes once thought impossible can become reality.
Kiev gay rights march ends in injuries, arrestsAt least 10 people were injured and 25 arrested in Kiev as scuffles broke out between members of a rare Ukrainian gay pride march and their nationalist foes.
Ireland awaits count in historic gay marriage voteIreland waited Saturday to learn the outcome of a historic referendum on same-sex marriage, with crowds of anxiously optimistic "Yes" supporters expected at Dublin Castle to hear the result.
23 May 2015
Polls open for Irish referendum on gay marriagePolls opened in Ireland for a historic referendum on allowing same-sex marriage that is backed by all the main political parties but opposed by the Catholic Church.
23 May 2015
Britain's parliament more gay and diverse after electionWith more female, gay and ethnic minority background lawmakers than ever before, the new House of Commons following May 7's general election has never looked more diverse.