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A Russian lesbian couple sued in the European Court of Human Rights on July 21 over Russia's refusal to register their Canadian marriage. Irina Fedotova and Irina Shipitko claim the denial violates ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that bans transgender individuals from receiving gender-affirming care, changing their gender in official documents and public records, fostering or ...

The Gagarin district court in Moscow on July 20 upheld the refusal of Russia's Justice Ministry to register an organization pushing for recognition of same-sex unions. The ministry claimed it cannot ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A lesbian couple will try to defy deep-rooted Russian homophobia next week in the first attempt at a gay marriage even though rights activists say it will be rejected outright.

In a gesture as romantic as it is political, a Ukrainian soldier called for marriage equality in her country as war continues to rage with Russia. “We could die tomorrow,” she lamented. Trump rally ...

During an Olympics already mired in controversy over “gay propaganda” laws, Russia passed a statute Thursday forbidding single people (gay or straight) who live in any country where gay marriage is ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court Tuesday threw out a request by a lesbian couple to force a registry office to marry them, a court spokeswoman said. Irina Fet and Irina Shipitko had asked the ...

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — When China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin sat down together in Moscow on Monday, the trappings were those of imperial power, and the bonhomie hung heavy ...