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In which countries is same-sex marriage legal? Where was it legal first?

2022-09-26T14:53:04.133Z


Same-sex marriage is a reality in at least 30 countries of the 193 UN member states. The first was the Netherlands.


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Same-sex marriage is a reality in at least 30 countries of the 193 UN member states, according to a 2020 report by the International Association of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Trans and Intersex ( ILGA) and the sum of those who approved the standard in the last two years.

In addition, 30 non-independent territories and one additional non-member state of the United Nations "also offer legal equality in matters of marriage," according to ILGA.


The Netherlands was, in 2001, the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.

Europe is, in fact, the continent where more countries have legislated in favor of same-sex unions.

The most recent rule is from Switzerland, where it was approved through a referendum in 2021. The law is expected to take effect on July 1.

In Latin America, the first country in which homosexual couples were able to say "yes" was in Argentina, where it was legalized in 2010. Chile was the last to join the list in 2021.

Asia and Africa are the continents furthest behind: only one country in each has legalized same-sex marriage.

Countries where same-sex marriage is legal

Africa

South Africa (2006)

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Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina (2010)


Brazil (2013)


Uruguay (2013)


Colombia (2016)


Ecuador (2019)


Costa Rica (2020)


Chile (2021)


Cuba (2022)

Mexico* — There is no federal same-sex marriage law, but same-sex marriage has been regulated, permitted 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), Puebla (2020) and Veracruz (2021).

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)


Switzerland (2021)

In Armenia, the Ministry of Justice declared in 2017 that all foreign marriages would be valid on the territory, including same-sex ones, 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.

The 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)

In Japan, homosexual marriage is not legal, but the governor of Tokyo announced in 2021 that he would advance a norm to guarantee unions of this type.

Countries that criminalize homosexuality

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

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

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.

Africa

Algeria


Burundi


Cameroon


Chad


Comoros


Egypt


Eritrea


Eswatini


Ethiopia


Gambia


Ghana


Guinea


Kenya


Liberia


Libya


Malawi


Mauritania

Morocco

Namibia

Nigeria


Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

South

Sudan

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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Source: cnnespanol

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