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Wrong status of Poland on map

Poland has wrong status on the map of constitutional bans. It was ruled by Supreme Administrative Court (Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny) in November 2022, that the Constitution of Poland does not prevent from introducing same-sex marriages. Bartek1234678 (talk) 08:25, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thailand legalisation date

Hey, so I have seen two dates about Thailands ssm bill being legalised. One on the 22nd of Jan and one on the 23rd of Jan. I'm rather confused on this. Since it was singed into the Royal Gazette on the 24th, 120 days from then would land on the 22nd, but I've heard "new information" has appeared which claims it is the day later.

Is there anything that can clear this confusion up since theres both 22nd and 23rd being used. FreckleTheCat (talk) 07:29, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thailand is not the only country with a confusing legalization date:

France: 18 May 2013 or 19 May 2013?

Slovenia: 8 July 2022 or 9 July 2022?

Mexico (nationwide): 31 December 2022 (unsouced date) or 17 May 2023?

Nepal: 28 June 2023, 29 November 2023 or 24 April 2024... is it even a "legalization"? (no marriage rights, interim order, "separate and temporary", "bride and groom" etc.) Cyanmax (talk) 13:58, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think if it's only a matter of a day [maybe it went into effect at midnight?], then we can give both dates with 'or' and leave it to future editors to figure out. [I just did that in the table for france, slovenia and thailand -- wp-fr has the earlier date, but wp-sl doesn't even cover the ssm legislation!] Guerrero is the more concerning problem. It was in the news at the time, so I suspect our date is correct, but would be good to find durably archived confirmation. — kwami (talk) 17:11, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guanajuato marriage equality expired

Apparently, as a new governor took office in Guanajuato, the decree that had legalized same-sex marriage expired, meaning couples will need an amparo to get married, as it was before legalization. Until a new one is issued (if at all), I think Mexico (nationwide) has lost its status as a marriage equality country.

https://www.homosensual.com/lgbt/guanajuato-matrimonio-igualitario-riesgo-libia-garcia-gobernadora-lgbt-decreto-diego-sinhue-vigencia-2024/ Tevamon (talk) 09:24, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that first we need to see more information if same sex couples are being denied. The new governor was the one that issue the decree after being signed by the governor so I honestly think that she is not going to stop ss couples. Its like in Chihuahua when the new governor took office and she didnt stop ss couples from being married. Hopefully we can get clarity soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allancalderini12 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico has never been a marriage-equality state. — kwami (talk) 11:20, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not true, see Same-sex marriage in Mexico. AusLondonder (talk) 14:40, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that proves my point. — kwami (talk) 04:53, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By all respects Mexico is a marriage equality state, all states so far are issuing same sex marriage licenses, just because joint adoption for example it's not given in all states doesn't mean we cannot count it, by that reason Ecuador shouldnt be include either. Allancalderini12 (talk) 05:20, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Ecuador and Israel don't have marriage equality either. That's not the same thing as not having same-sex marriage, which all three have: Israel's just a more extreme version of some Mexican states. Taiwan just nixed the last major inequality, of cross-strait marriages. Of course, many states have minor legal inequalities that are going to take years to iron out (there was just a lawsuit in the US to overrule one such), so it's a matter of how equal is 'equal'. — kwami (talk) 05:27, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point. But I think we can all agree that, should it be confirmed that Guanajuato is requiring couples to go before a court in order to get married, then we would need to remove Mexico (as a whole) from the list of countries that perform same-sex marriages, as this would bring it back to where it was in 2022. Tevamon (talk) 14:34, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. — kwami (talk) 16:41, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We don't have anything about Chihuahua continuing under our Chihuahua article. That's worth at least a mention. — kwami (talk) 17:00, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Dead link: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/sweden-ends-forced-sterilization-trans110113/

Live: https://news.lgbti.org/sweden-ends-forced-sterilization-of-trans/ 78.190.146.49 (talk) 00:13, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with change to url-status parameter, to default to archive link. LizardJr8 (talk) 01:14, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Error found in this artical

Hi there! The article says that in Poland there are civil unions between people of the same gender. It is not true, there is no recognition of same-sex couples and the source that was giving is from an article that says that they want to put this law but unfortunately it hasn't been done. 46.112.112.174 (talk) 09:21, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Civil unions are being considered in a number of countries, including Kosovo, Peru, and Poland.

This was taken from the page and is the only mention of Poland and civil unions on the page. From what I have seen, nowhere does it say Poland has legalised same-sex civil unions.

Thank you for pointing this out though and we will be sure to check the page again if it doesn't meet the criteria! FreckleTheCat (talk) 17:05, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]