Gay Marriage by State [Updated July 2023]

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• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• THIS MAP SHOWS WHICH COUNTRI STILL HAVEN'T LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | © LIPOWSKI MILAN/SHUTTERSTOCK LE ABRAHAMS 11 JANUARY 2019 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IT’S PRI MONTH. REGARDLS OF YOUR RACE, GENR, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, ’S A TIME TO CELEBRATE DIVERSY AND CULTURAL VALU – HOW CULTURE TRIPPY IS THAT? VIEW ALL TRIPS IN A MONTH VOTED ENTIRELY TO CELEBRATE EQUAL-RIGHTS, VELOPMENT AND JT BEG PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE, THERE’S OODL TO CELEBRATE TERMS OF LGBTQ RIGHTS. IRELAND HAS AN OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER, LUXEMBOURG HAS A FIRST HBAND, AND JT THE OTHER DAY, GERMANY SAID Y TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. THAT’S PROGRSN, RIGHT? TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC SOUTH AI GREECE CROATIA TURKEY MEXI SPA ICELAND BALI JAPAN ECUADOR THAILAND INDIA EGYPT SO FAR, THERE ARE EXACTLY 23 UNTRI AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE LEGALISED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. HOWEVER, 75 OTHER SOVEREIGN NATNS, MARRIAGE BETWEEN LGBTQ UPL IS STILL ILLEGAL, AND EIGHT OF THEM, HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL PUNISHABLE BY ATH. THE INTERNATNAL LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATN (ILGA)REGNIS THIS STGGLE, AND EVERY YEAR RELEAS A REPORT THAT SHOWS THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQ DIVIDUALS AROUND THE GLOBE. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP THE HANDY LTLE MAP CREATED BY THE ANIZATN BELOW SHOWS ALL OF THIS YEAR’S FDGS, FOCG PARTICULARLY ON NATNS WHERE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS STILL ILLEGAL. | © INTERNATNAL LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATN A STAGGERG 40% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATN STILL LIVE UNTRI WHERE PEOPLE N BE PROSECUTED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, AND MORE THAN 400 LN, RI A STATE WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S STILL A LTLE MORE WORK TO BE DONE.LOVE MAPS? THIS ONE SHOWS EUROPE ACRDG TO EUROPEANS! VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• GAY MARRIAGE
• STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.
• MOSW GAY MAP
• GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

Not every untry the world is volved the nversatn surroundg gay marriage, but a large percentage of the world’s natns have eher legalized same-sex marriage, permted gay marriage certa parts of the untry, allows civil unns between dividuals of the same sex, or actively rtricts gay marriage. That was only eighteen years ago, meang that the legalizatn of gay marriage is an up-and-g change the world as of ls than two s ago.

THIS MAP SHOWS WHICH COUNTRI STILL HAVEN'T LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE | © LIPOWSKI MILAN/SHUTTERSTOCK LE ABRAHAMS 11 JANUARY 2019 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IT’S PRI MONTH. REGARDLS OF YOUR RACE, GENR, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, ’S A TIME TO CELEBRATE DIVERSY AND CULTURAL VALU – HOW CULTURE TRIPPY IS THAT? VIEW ALL TRIPS IN A MONTH VOTED ENTIRELY TO CELEBRATE EQUAL-RIGHTS, VELOPMENT AND JT BEG PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE, THERE’S OODL TO CELEBRATE TERMS OF LGBTQ RIGHTS. IRELAND HAS AN OPENLY GAY PRIME MISTER, LUXEMBOURG HAS A FIRST HBAND, AND JT THE OTHER DAY, GERMANY SAID Y TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. THAT’S PROGRSN, RIGHT? TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP MOROC SOUTH AI GREECE CROATIA TURKEY MEXI SPA ICELAND BALI JAPAN ECUADOR THAILAND INDIA EGYPT SO FAR, THERE ARE EXACTLY 23 UNTRI AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE LEGALISED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. HOWEVER, 75 OTHER SOVEREIGN NATNS, MARRIAGE BETWEEN LGBTQ UPL IS STILL ILLEGAL, AND EIGHT OF THEM, HOMOSEXUALY IS STILL PUNISHABLE BY ATH. THE INTERNATNAL LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATN (ILGA)REGNIS THIS STGGLE, AND EVERY YEAR RELEAS A REPORT THAT SHOWS THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF LGBTQ DIVIDUALS AROUND THE GLOBE. EDINBURGH AND THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS BY TRAIN TRAVERSE STLAND’S MOST SCENIC LANDSP, OM WT AST TO EAST, TRAVELLG BY RAIL VIEW TRIP THE HANDY LTLE MAP CREATED BY THE ANIZATN BELOW SHOWS ALL OF THIS YEAR’S FDGS, FOCG PARTICULARLY ON NATNS WHERE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS STILL ILLEGAL. | © INTERNATNAL LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATN A STAGGERG 40% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATN STILL LIVE UNTRI WHERE PEOPLE N BE PROSECUTED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, AND MORE THAN 400 LN, RI A STATE WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S STILL A LTLE MORE WORK TO BE DONE.LOVE MAPS? THIS ONE SHOWS EUROPE ACRDG TO EUROPEANS! VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

Here are the natns that have already legalized gay marriage, followed by the rpective years which same-sex marriag beme legal. However, a uple of untri have not pletely legalized gay marriage all throughout the natn, wh same-sex upl only beg able to get married certa areas of said untri.

There are only two untri that have not fully legalized gay marriage but have allowed same-sex upl to be wed certa regns wh the untry.

The number of untri that have not legalized gay marriage outweighs the number of untri that do, which uld take a turn the oppose directn as natns progrs over time.

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Rsia is an example of a natn that do not necsarily crimalize same-sex upl, but the ernment plac ser rtrictns on people who are gay, which is still a way of censorg relatnships that are not heterosexual. Ireland has an openly gay prime mister, Luxembourg has a first hband, and jt the other day, Germany said y to same-sex marriage. However, 75 other sovereign natns, marriage between LGBTQ upl is still illegal, and eight of them, homosexualy is still punishable by ath.

STAT ACROSS U.S. STILL CLG TO OUTDATED GAY MARRIAGE BANS

The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA)regnis this stggle, and every year releas a report that shows the human rights of LGBTQ dividuals around the globe.

A staggerg 40% of the world’s populatn still live untri where people n be prosecuted on the basis of their sexual orientatn, and more than 400 ln, ri a state where beg gay is punishable by ath. In others – most recently Alabama – ’s been state or feral judg forcg the toehold long sought by gay rights advot and bterly ntted by those who argue marriage is an stutn rerved solely for one man and one woman. The state’s nstutnal ban on gay marriage, passed 2004, was stck down twice last year – once by a state urt judge and aga by a U.

Same-Sex Marriage Legalizatn by CountryThe Dutch triggered a polil and social shift that has spread across large swaths of the globe.People take part the gay pri nga, May 13, 2023, Havana.(YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Imag)Sce the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage 2001, more than 30 untri around the world have followed su.On June 20, 2023, Estonia moved to bee the first ex-Soviet bloc untry to legalize the practice, wh s new law takg effect next year.Today, marriage equaly is largely limed to untri North and South Ameri, Europe and Oceania.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

The first same-sex marriag took place Northern Ireland Febary 2020.Ecuador legally regnized same-sex marriage after a majory of judg s hight urt led favor of a gay uple sug the untry’s civil registry. In 2017, Leo Varadkar was elected as the untry's first openly gay prime mister.Same-sex marriage beme legal Luxembourg on Jan.

MOVG TO GAY IDAHO? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

Prime Mister Xavier Bettel, who is openly gay, supported the measure and beme the first lear of the European Unn to marry his partner.Stland: 2014The Sttish Parliament passed a bill allowg same-sex marriage Febary 2014 and the law took effect later that year.

Icelandic Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir ma history Febary 2009 when she beme the untry's first female prime mister and the world's first openly gay head of ernment.Same-sex marriage beme legal Swen on May 1, 2009, followg the enactment of a marriage law passed by the Swedish Parliament early April. Dpe this, not all stat are abidg and have enacted nstutnal or statutory bans on gay marriage known as “Defense of Marriage” acts. Although heterosexualy is the most popular form of sexual relatnship today, homosexualy is gag acceptance some parts of the world.

MOSW GAY MAP

However, as of 2017, a total of 74 natns have still crimalized homosexualy and put place stiff penalti cludg the ath sentence for those found to be practicg . In Egypt, engagg homosexualy will attract 17 years imprisonment while Moroc and South Sudan one will serve 3 and 10 years rpectively.

Although most of the untri that have crimalized homosexualy through legislatn, some untri, pecially Mlim untri, is the applitn of Sharia laws that have led to the crimalizatn of the act.

GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]

Early Years: Same-Sex Marriage Bans In 1970, jt one year after the historic Stonewall Rts that galvanized the gay rights movement, law stunt Richard Baker and librarian Jam McConnell applied for a marriage license Gerald Nelson rejected their applitn bee they were a same-sex uple, and a trial urt upheld his cisn.

” This lg effectively blocked feral urts om lg on same-sex marriage for s, leavg the cisn solely the hands of stat, which alt blow after blow to those hopg to see gay marriage beg 1973, for stance, Maryland beme the first state to create a law that explicly f marriage as a unn between a man and woman, a belief held by many nservative relig groups. Though the gay rights movement saw some advancements the 1970s and 1980s—such as Harvey Milk beg the first openly gay man elected to public office the untry 1977—the fight for gay marriage ma ltle headway for many years.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

In 1989, the San Francis Board of Supervisors passed an ordance that allowed homosexual upl and unmarried heterosexual upl to register for domtic partnerships, which granted hospal visatn rights and other years later, the District of Columbia siarly passed a new law that allowed same-sex upl to register as domtic partners.

C., 1993, the hight urt Hawaii led that a ban on same-sex marriage may vlate that state nstutn’s Equal Protectn Clse—the first time a state urt has ever ched toward makg gay marriage Hawaii Supreme Court sent the se—brought by a gay male uple and two lbian upl who were nied marriage licens 1990—back for further review to the lower First Circu Court, which 1991 origally dismissed the the state tried to prove that there was “pellg state tert” jtifyg the ban, the se would be tied up ligatn for the next three Defense of Marriage Act Opponents of gay marriage, however, did not s on their hnch. Congrs 1996 passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which Print Bill Clton signed to didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual upl uld be granted feral marriage benefs.

That is, even if a state ma gay marriage legal, same-sex upl still wouldn’t be able to file e tax jotly, sponsor spo for immigratn benefs or receive spoal Social Secury payments, among many other act was a huge setback for the marriage equaly movement, but transient good news arose three months later: Hawaii Judge Kev S. Phg for Change: Civil Unns The next saw a whirlwd of activy on the gay marriage ont, begng wh the year 2000 when Vermont beme the first state to legalize civil unns, a legal stat that provis most of the state-level benefs of years later, Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage when the Massachetts Supreme Court led that same-sex upl had the right to marry Goodridge v. The state fally troduced the untry to gay marriage (m the feral benefs) when began issug same-sex marriage licens on May 17, that year, the U.