The parliament in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has voted to prohibit same-sex marriage. That move came less than a month after establishment of a committee to draft a national policy banning LGBTQ advocacy. Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, was jointly administered by France and the United Kingdom before it’s independence in 1980. Erasing 76 Crimes editor Rob Salerno covered the latest developments in his “Out in the World” column for the Blade: Vanuatu’s parliament has amended its marriage laws to explicitly ban same-sex marriage, amid a new crackdown on LGBTQ people in the South Pacific island nation.