Same-sex unions are legal in these countries

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The civil union for people of the same sex is a reality in 28 of the 193 member states of the UN, according to a 2020 report from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) .

In addition, 30 non-independent territories and an additional state that is not a member of the United Nations "also offer legal equality in matters of marriage," according to ILGA.

Chile recently joined the list of countries that approve same-sex marriage after the approval of a bill that regulates same-sex marriage.

In 2020, Costa Rica became the first country in Central America to legalize it.

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Europe is the continent where more countries have legislated in favor of this union between people of the same sex.

Countries where same-sex marriage is legal

Africa

South Africa (2006)

Latin america and the caribbean

Argentina (2010)

Brazil (2013)

Uruguay (2013)

Colombia (2016)

Ecuador (2019)

Costa Rica (2020)

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Chile (2021) - Chile has legally recognized civil unions between people of the same sex since 2015, but will now grant the same rights to people of the same sex, such as the right to adopt children.

Mexico - There is no federal law on same-sex marriage, but equal marriage has been regulated, allowed and recognized in Mexico City (2010), Quintana Roo (2012), Coahuila (2014), Nayarit (2015), Campeche (2016), Colima (2016), Michoacán (2016) and Morelos (2016), Chihuahua (2017), Aguascalientes (2019), Baja California Sur (2019), Hidalgo (2019), Nuevo León (2019), Oaxaca ( 2019), San Luis Potosí (2019), Tlaxcala (2020) and Puebla (2020), according to the ILGA.

In this region there are pending decisions to legislate on this matter in countries such as El Salvador, Honduras and Peru, according to the ILGA report.

In Bolivia, discrimination based on sexual orientation is unconstitutional.

North America

Canada (2005)

United States (2015)

Europe

Germany (2017)

Austria (2019)

Belgium (2003)

Denmark (2012)

Spain (2005)

Finland (2017)

France (2013)

Ireland (2015)

Iceland (2010)

Luxembourg (2015)

Malta (2017)

Netherlands (2001)

Norway (2009)

Portugal (2010)

United Kingdom (2014)

Sweden (2009)

In Armenia, the Ministry of Justice declared in 2017 that all marriages abroad would be valid in Armenia, even those of people of the same sex, according to ILGA.

In Romania, in 2018, the Constitutional Court ordered the state to grant residence rights to same-sex spouses of European Union citizens, the report added.

ILGA marks a regression in Russia, as in 2020 the government passed several amendments to the Constitution that could ban same-sex marriage.

Oceania

Australia (2017)

New Zealand (2013)

Asia

Taiwan (2019)

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Countries that criminalize homosexuality

Worldwide, 67 UN member states, nearly half of them in Africa, still criminalize consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex, according to the 2020 ILGA report on State Homophobia.

The ILGA report includes Botswana, but in mid-June 2019, this country removed the laws that punish such relationships in a historic victory for LGBTI movements in Africa.

Africa, Asia, and some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Oceania still consider consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex as illegal, according to the recent ILGA report.

These acts, according to some laws, are considered as "acts against nature", "sodomy" or simply, "homosexuality".

Africa

Algeria

Burundi

Cameroon

Chad

Comoros

Egypt

Eritrea

Esuatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Libya

Malawi ,

Mauritius

Mauritania

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Sudan of Southern

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Dominica

Grenada

Guyana

Jamaica

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Asia

Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh

Brunei

Bhutan

United Arab Emirates

Iraq

Iran

Certain provinces of Indonesia

Kuwait

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Myanmar

Oman

Pakistan

Palestine (Gaza only)

Qatar

Singapore

Syria

Sri Lanka

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Yemen

Oceania

Solomon Islands

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

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