Tag Archives: Same Sex Marriage

ROM was aware of the situation from the beginning, because it had been explained to them. Their response, at that point in time, was to come up with a declaration for the trans partner to sign, promising that she would not undergo gender affirming surgery before the date of the marriage.

The Registry of Marriages or ROM has voided the marriages of a straight-turned same sex couple after the man went for a sex change surgery and updated his identity card to indicate female. They were wedded as a same-sex couple for 8 months until it was eventually voided by ROM in February. ROM used the reason of "impersonation by one party" to void the marriage but no other details were given. ROM reiterated that a marriage in Singapore must be between a man and a woman. No other permutations were allowed at this point of time.

14 judges in a Taiwanese legal panel have ruled that defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman in Taiwan's civil law is discriminatory against homosexuals, and violates constitutional guarantees of equal protection. They have asked for the government to amend the law within 2 years.

According to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore is not ready for same-sex marriage today as it is still a "conservative" society. He cited "pushback" from conservative groups against same-sex marriage as the main obstacle. Lee Hsien Loong was speaking on a range of topics to reporters from around the region today, including Singapore's stance on same-sex marriage.

Want to see Taiwanese Mando-pop star kiss another girl in her new music video for the song, "We are all different, Yet the Same?" Not in Singapore, it seems. Jolin Tsai's song and music video have been banned in Singapore.

In dozens of interviews, lawyers and law professors said the imbalance in legal firepower in the same-sex marriage cases resulted from a conviction among many lawyers that opposition to such unions is bigotry akin to racism. But there were economic calculations, too. Law firms that defend traditional marriage may lose clients and find themselves at a disadvantage in hiring new lawyers.