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In a bid to reduce the number of younger viewers on porn sites, all internet users will have to prove that they are over 18 to prevent themselves being blocked from seeing adult content from July 15. The new regulations will mean that porn websites will have to enforce a strict age verification process, which may include users entering their personal details onto the site. “We want the UK to be the safest place in the world to be online.” —Minister for Digital Margot James If adult websites do not adhere to the new rules they may become completely inaccessible to UK users. […]

Same-sex couples can now book their marriage registration in Taipei, Taiwan, the city announced on Tuesday (April 23). According to a press statement by the city’s Department of Civil Affairs, the government has decided to take in-person and phone bookings for marriage registration ahead of same-sex marriage being legalised on May 24. Excluding same-sex marriage is unconstitutional In mid-2017, Taiwan’s constitutional court decided that the articles in the Civil Code which prohibited same-sex couples from marrying were unconstitutional. The court asked authorities to change its laws within two years of the date of the decision. Despite the ruling by the […]

A lawyer named Susel Paredes and her wife, Gracia Aljovin, are battling to legalise same-sex marriage in Peru. Paredes and her wife married in Miami in 2016 and have since been campaigning to get the union recognised in the heavily Catholic, conservative country. On April 4, a local court asked authorities to treat the couple’s marriage like they would any other stating that not to do so would be unconstitutional. Paredes had disputed a decision by Peru’s national identification register (Reniec), to reject her request of marriage validation. “Who can be happy leading two lives?” —Susan Paredes “We want to trigger a legal […]