Same-sex marriage is opposed by the ethnic-Russian minority, which constitutes a quarter of the country, with only 40% of them supporting it. However, 38% of Estonians still consider homosexuality to be unacceptable. In the largely secular Baltic country of 1.3 million, 53% of the population supported same-sex marriage in a 2023 poll by the Centre for Human Rights. We are equals among same-value countries," she added. "We have developed a lot in those 30 years, since we have freed ourselves from the (Soviet) occupation. "My message (to central Europe) is that it's a difficult fight, but marriage and love is something that you have to promote," Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told Reuters after the vote. The bill received 55 votes in the 101-seat parliament, from the coalition of liberal and social democratic parties which Kallas has assembled following her strong win in the 2023 election. I had to go to court to adopt my own children, which is like, why?" she added. "Until now, I needed to fight for everything. "It's like the state is finally accepting me," said Annely Lepamaa, 46, a lesbian. Same-sex marriage is legal in much of western Europe but not in central European countries which were once under communist rule and members of the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact alliance but now members of NATO and, largely, the EU. He added, however, that his interactions with others he has met on social media and through Widow’s Fire have led him to believe that sex alone doesn’t bring most people much long-term relief.TALLINN, June 20 (Reuters) - Estonia's parliament approved on Tuesday a law to legalise same-sex marriage, making it the first central European country to do so. “Loneliness is kryptonite for the widowed in general because, not unlike teenagers and retirees, we need meaning and purpose to move forward,” said Andrew*, a 42-year-old father and widower in Toronto who joined the Widow’s Fire community two years ago. “It’s a way to get back into your body and to get access to great hormones like endorphins, dopamine and oxytocin, which make you feel better, block pain, decrease stress and improve your mood.”Īnd, Gesink added, human connection can help you feel less disconnected, a common problem for people grieving a loss. “Partly that’s because, with sex, you get an increased sense of power and control,” said Gesink, who also researches sexual health. For others still, it will increase it, sometimes dramatically. For some people, bereavement has no effect on their sex drive for others, it can decrease it. She noted, though, that there are also plenty of Widow’s Fire members who joined the community because they simply miss sex.ĭionne Gesink, a professor with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, said the experience of grief is highly individual. “A new member wrote me just this morning and said, ‘I miss the closeness of another body, not necessarily the sex act itself,’” said Julia. Julia*, the founder and host of Widow’s Fire, an online community for people who have lost their life partners, said that many of her members make similar comments about their motivation for joining the site for “heartbroken but hopeful” widows and widowers. It was just really nice to have some touch, like holding hands - even having someone show me attention. “I dated different guys, but I didn’t get serious about anyone and I wasn’t intimate with them. She filled out an online dating profile and started meeting men. Lori didn’t allow the judgment to faze her. She recalled the reactions: “Whoa, why isn’t she grieving longer? Did she even really love her husband?” When Lori* started dating less than a year after her husband suddenly died, she knew some people would judge her.
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