Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, along with the Speaker of the House of Delegates and President of the State Senate, sign HB 438 (Civil Marriage Protection Act) on March 1, 2012, making it law. Same-sex couples will be able to get married in 2013.

Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland supports marriage equality.

Same Sex Marriage signed into law in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo was a key backer of measure.

The election's finally here. We'll have everything you need to know about key marriage ballot measures both before and after the vote. Plus, a look ahead at some major post-election marriage equality milestones.

The Australian House of Representatives celebrates in the chamber on Thursday after passing a long-awaited bill to legalise same-sex marriage. The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, tells the gathered MPs that it’s a day 'for love, for equality, for respect' as those in the public gallery burst into

Tim Wilson proposes to his partner during his speech on marriage equality in the House of Representatives. The Liberal MP's voice breaks with emotion as he says: 'There's only one thing left to do: Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?' Bolger, seated in the gallery, beams and says yes and his ans

Reporter Katie Razzall explores the changing British attitude to gay rights.

As the Federal Court of Appeals declarers Prop 8 unconstitutional, major advances in Washington, New Jersey, and Maryland are going on. And yet another court has slapped down the National Organization on Marriage's attempts to evade financial disclosure laws.

Australian Senator Dean Smith choked up as he introduced the marriage equality bill into parliament, initiating debate on the issue, which this week Australians approved in a nationwide postal vote.

Freedom, justice, and human dignity have always guided our journey for a more perfect union. With historic victories for marriage, we've delivered a mandate for full equality.
The wind is at our back, but the journey has just begun.