Lawyers

• Court of Appeals sides with Botswana’s gay rights’ group

  Court of Appeals upheld a 2014 High Court decision to allow LGBT individuals to register LEGABIBO. The court dismissed the governments appeal to ban the LGBT group.

• Magistrate to sue Lord Chancellor Michael Grove over dismissal due to anti-gay opinion

  Magistrate Richard Page's opinion regarding the adoption of a child by a gay couple has caused him his seat on the bench. The judge however is looking to sue Lord Chancellor Michael Grove for removing him from his position.

• Kentucky to pay lawyers $1 million for same-sex marriage case

  A federal judge awarded a team of Kentucky attorneys more than $1 million for their role in the landmark United States Supreme Court case that struck down bans on same-sex marriage. The state will have to pick up the $1.1 million tab.

• Estonia’s Same-Sex Law Confuses People; Couples to Hold Until Everything is Clear

  Estonian gov't passed same-sex marriage. Couples may have to wait until everything is clear. The first former Soviet country Estonia has legalized gay civil unions.

• China Passes its 1st Anti-Domestic Violence Law; Excludes Same-Sex Couples

  For the first time, China has passed its anti-domestic violence law. Nevertheless, the law does not protect gay couples.

• Leaked letter adds intrigue, confusion to Vatican bishops meeting

  A gathering of world Roman Catholic bishops was thrown into confusion on Monday with the leak of a letter from conservative cardinals to Pope Francis bitterly complaining that the meeting was stacked against them.

• Vote for same sex marriage would be 'grave injustice': Irish church

  Ireland's church said it would be "a grave injustice" if gay and lesbian couples were granted equality in marriage as it began an uphill battle to persuade voters to reject same sex marriage in a referendum next year.