In a public referendum, over four million Cubans chose to support the government’s proposed changes to the island’s Family Code, according to Havana officials on Monday. The proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, surrogacy, and the adoption of children by homosexuals, among other things, was supported by more than 66% of those who cast ballots, according to preliminary figures. Approximately... 

The head of Russia’s upper house of parliament claims that allowing gay couples to adopt children will lead to the “extinction of humanity”. Russia banned the ability of gay couples to adopt children in 2013. “What will allowing same-sex couples to adopt children lead to? It’ll simply lead to the extinction of mankind,” Valentina Matvienko, the head of the upper-house Federation Council,... 

Battered and bruised picture prompts questions about rise of extremism in western cities. A photo of a bruised and beaten gay man who claims he received his injuries while walking through a Muslim suburb of Paris arm in arm with his boyfriend has provoked shock and fresh concerns about the rise of ethnic extremism in western cities. “A man in Paris, France was reportedly beaten for walking with... 

The legalization of gay marriage in the UK and France reduces the possibility for British and French families to adopt children from Russia, Konstantin Dolgov, the commissioner for human rights, democracy and the rule of law of the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The diplomat wrote on his Twitter: “British and French parliaments have legalized gay marriage. This reduces the possibility...