Taiwan holds Asia’s first gay wedding

Edith Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case that allowed same-sex couples to receive federal benefits, has died at the age of 88.

Karl Kreile and Bodo Mende tied the knot in Berlin to become the first married gay couple in Germany.

An Australian conservative politician proposes to his long-term partner on the floor of parliament, ahead of the expected passage of a measure for same-sex couples to marry.

After Australian parliament legally approved same-sex marriage, two couples legally got married on Saturday.

Dozens of same-sex couples exchange wedding vows at the stroke of midnight across Australia, as laws making the nation the 26th to legalise gay marriage take effect.

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday (April 17) she deeply regretted Britain's role in criminalising same-sex relations in its former colonies, saying such laws, often passed under British rule and still in effect, were "wrong then and wrong now".

In May 2017, Taiwan's Constitutional Court recognized same-sex unions to much fanfare. Authorities were given two years to amend existing law or enact new legislation.

Taipei is due to take a series of decisive steps this week to legalize same-sex marriages before the May 24 deadline set by the island’s top court. However, deep divisions in public opinion may stall the process.

A panel of three judges in Kenya unanimously upheld a law activists had argued criminalized consensual same-sex relations between adults. The judges said the constitution adequately protected LGBT people's rights.

In a landmark ruling, Ecuador has become the latest Latin American state to approve same-sex marriage. Constitutional Court rulings are "binding and mandatory" on Ecuadorean authorities.

Couple Alexandra Quiros and Dunia Araya get married in Costa Rica after it becomes the first Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage after a court ruling came into force at midnight.

Montenegro is the first European country outside of Western Europe and the EU to legally recognize same-sex couples. President Milo Djukanovic said it was a confirmation that Montenegrin society "is maturing."