VIDEO: New Zealand MP’s Gay Marriage Speech Goes Viral.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Politics on April 19, 2013

 

An MP’s hilarious yet touching speech in New Zealand’s parliament about legislation that legalised same-sex marriage in the country has become an internet hit. MP Maurice Williamson poked fun at those who opposed the legislation – which was approved on Wednesday – leaving colleagues in fits of giggles.

 

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Hurray for Uruguay !

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Politics on April 3, 2013

 

Uruguay’s Senate has voted to legalise same-sex marriage by approving a single law governing matrimony for heterosexuals and homosexuals. Tuesday’s 23-8 vote comes after a lower-house approval in December. It will now return to the lower chamber of Congress for amendments. If the bill is approved, Uruguay will become the second nation in Latin America, after

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Column: Homo’s zijn de redding van het huwelijk.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Diary on March 25, 2013

 

Verleden week was het exact 10 jaar geleden dat België het huwelijk openstelde voor personen van hetzelfde geslacht. Afgelopen zaterdag deed Frankrijk het nog eens vlotjes over. Onder het motto: elke reden is een goeie reden om een fles open te trekken had ik al bijna een vreugdepolonaise aangevangen, ware het niet dat ik

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France approves gay marriage law.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Politics on February 4, 2013

 

The French National Assembly has approved the most important article of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.

Deputies voted 249-97 in favour of redefining marriage as being an agreement between two people – not just between a man and a woman. President Francois Hollande’s Socialists and their left-wing supporters backed it, opposed by

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Et Alors? Magazine in Belgian newspaper De Morgen.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Press, Review on January 30, 2013
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Socialist (and straight) members of French parliament shared a kiss as part of the “Marriage for All” protests.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Politics on January 29, 2013

 

A pair of French politicians made a touching statement in support of LGBT equality this weekend, as protesters geared up for Tuesday’s parliamentary debate on the country’s marriage equality bill.

Socialist (and straight) members of French parliament Yann Galut and Nicolas Bays shared a kiss as part of the “Marriage for All” protests on

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Video: Portia De Rossi “apologizes” for marrying Ellen Degeneres.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Great, Movies on January 24, 2013

 

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Lagerfeld Supports Gay Marriage in Lesbian Couture.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Fashion on January 23, 2013

 

Chanel’s couturier Karl Lagerfeld has used fashion to support a controversial French gay marriage law — sending two brides together down the catwalk at the Paris’ Grand Palais fashion show. Asked if his use of lesbian couture at his show was designed to support gay marriage in France, Lagerfeld replied: “Of course it was.”

French President

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Washington National Cathedral says ‘I do’ to same-sex marriage.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Mission Statement. on January 10, 2013

 

The Washington National Cathedral had been ready to embrace same-sex marriage for some time, though it took a series of recent events and a new leader for the prominent, 106-year-old church to announce Wednesday that it would begin hosting such nuptials.

Read the complete article in The Washington Post.

 

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Great video! Gay Men Will Marry Your Girlfriends.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Movies on November 14, 2012

 

We support gay marriage. Here’s why you should too:

 

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LGBT celebrities endorse Obama in Campaign Video.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on October 17, 2012

 

In a new five-minute video for the Obama campaign,  “Glee” star Jane Lynch and 6 other mayor celebrities ask LGBT people to throw their support behind President Barack Obama’s reelection bid.

 

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Rapper Macklemore celebrates gay marriage in “Same Love”.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Mission Statement. on October 5, 2012

 

Rising rapper Macklemore (and his producer Ryan Lewis) delivered a video for “Same Love,” in which Macklemore muses about the danger and pervasiveness of gay stereotypes and points out how no one has freedom until everyone is free. In the video, we see the entire story of a gay man’s life: From birth to

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It’s all about love.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Diary, Mission Statement., Party, Politics on September 27, 2012

 

Darlings,

Traveling back and forth to Nice and considering it one of our homes, we still weren’t able to marry in France since equal marriage is not yet legalized. Nevertheless, the new Socialist government is set to legalize same-sex marriage next year. Upon his election last summer, Prime Minister François Hollande committed to advancing both

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Married !!!

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Diary on August 1, 2012

 

At the Côte d’Azur and in the company of pool boys, drags and other gorgeous creatures, we finally said “I do”.

Guess we wouldn’t be ourselves if we didn’t go wild, so feel free to check the video of our love-event on YouTube:

or on Vimeo.

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All men can be heroes.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on May 3, 2012

‘Homecoming,’ Short Gay Marriage Film, Aims To Rally Support For Equality Through Social Media

A poignant short film aims to rally support for gay marriage in the U.K. through social media.

Produced by the Coalition for Equal Marriage, a British marriage equality advocacy group, the new movie is titled “Homecoming,” and depicts a soldier embracing

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