Gay Marriage Around the World | Pew Rearch Center

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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?
• COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MARRIAGE
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
• THE ARE ALL THE UNTRI THAT HAVE LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE
• THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

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.

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. 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. 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.

Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns.

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?

Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995. 1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. 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.

COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF 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. 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. Revelers on a boat para the Prsengracht nal participatg the Amsterdam Canal Para durg Amsterdam Gay Pri on Augt 2, 2014 Amsterdam, Juen/Getty ImagThe legislatn gave same-sex upl the right to marry, divorce, and adopt CBS News2. Spectators watch along Yonge Street, at the annual Pri Ftival para, July 3, 2016, Toronto, Ontar, Willms/Getty ImagIn 1999, some provcial ernments extend mon law marriag to gay and lbian upl, providg them wh most of the legal benefs of marriage but laws varied across the CBC News4.

A reveler drsed wh a gay pri flag walks the streets next to Cibel Square before the Pri Para durg the Madrid Gay Pri Ftival on June 29, 2016, Madrid, Blazquez Domguez/Getty ImagThe law guaranteed intil rights to all married upl regardls of sexual New York Tim5. A fjord Norway, wh the Norwegian flag the foreground, October 14 Maclean/Creative CommonsIn January 2009, the bill was enacted to law, and gay upl were legally granted the right to marry, adopt children and receive artificial NBC News7. Beatrice Murch/Creative CommonsPrr to the same-sex marriage law, a number of lol jurisdictns, cludg the natn's pal, Buenos Air, had enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to enter to civil The Guardian11.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL

Denmark's legalizatn me 2012 after Queen Margrethe II gave her royal assent to the proposed Danish Natnal Associatn of Gays & Lbians at Copenhagen's LGBT Pri March CommonsDenmark was the first untry to allow same-sex upl to register as domtic partners BBC News12. Uguay fans celebrate as Uguay sr their first goal agast England as seen on the screen set up at Word Cup FIFA Fan Ft on Copabana beach June 19, 2014 R Janeiro, Raedle/Getty ImagCivil unns have been permted Uguay sce 2008, and 2009 gay and lbian upl were given adoptn BBC News13. Print Franis Hollan signed a measure legalizg marriage equaly France monstrate for the legalizatn of gay marriage on December 16, 2012, Paris, France.

In 2017, Germany beme the 15th European untry to allow same-sex upl to Greens Party parliamentarian Volker Beck celebrat followg a vote at the nearby Bunstag which approved gay marriage Germany on June 30, 2017, Berl, Gallup/Getty ImagGermany gave full maral rights to homosexual upl a vote that Chancellor Angela Merkel voted New York Tim25. Ecuador's hight urt approved same-sex marriage a 5-4 rights activists prott outsi of the Constutnal Court, wag for the urt's cisn on gay marriage, Quo, Ecuador, Tuday, June 4, Photo/Dolor OchoaEcuador has regnized same-sex partnerships sce 2015, but the Constutnal Court officially approved same-sex marriag on June 12, urt stcted the ernment to pass legislatn that will cement equal rights for all cizens who wish to BBC29. The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

THE ARE ALL THE UNTRI THAT HAVE LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE

Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment. Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai.

In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007. In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial. For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”).

For example, Swen, the Netherlands and Germany, all of which have a per-pa gross domtic product over $50, 000, acceptance of homosexualy is among the hight measured across the 34 untri surveyed. The study is a follow-up to a 2013 report that found many of the same patterns as seen today, although there has been an crease acceptance of homosexualy across many of the untri surveyed both years. Central and Eastern Europeans, however, are more divid on the subject, wh a median of 46% who say homosexualy should be accepted and 44% sayg should not be.

THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

But sub-Saharan Ai, the Middle East, Rsia and Ukrae, few say that society should accept homosexualy; only South Ai (54%) and Israel (47%) do more than a quarter hold this view. However, while took nearly 15 years for acceptance to rise 13 pots om 2000 to jt before the feral legalizatn of gay marriage June 2015, there was a near equal rise acceptance jt the four years sce legalizatn.

More than eight--ten Democrats and Democratic-leang pennts (85%) say homosexualy should be accepted, but only 58% of Republins and Republin leaners say the same. This difference was most pronounced South Korea, where 79% of 18- to 29-year-olds say homosexualy should be accepted by society, pared wh only 23% of those 50 and olr. This staggerg 56-pot difference exceeds the next largt difference Japan by 20 pots, where 92% and 56% of those ag 18 to 29 and 50 and olr, rpectively, say homosexualy should be accepted by society.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

In most untri surveyed, those who have greater levels of tn are signifintly more likely to say that homosexualy should be accepted society than those who have ls tn. For example, Greece, 72% of those wh a postsendary tn or more say homosexualy is acceptable, pared wh 42% of those wh a sendary tn or ls who say this. In a siar number of untri, those who earn more money than the untry’s natnal median e also are more likely to say they accept homosexualy society than those who earn ls.

In many of the untri where there are measurements of iology on a left-right sle, those on the left tend to be more acceptg of homosexualy than those on the iologil right. In South Korea, for example, those who classify themselv on the iologil left are more than twice as likely to say homosexualy is acceptable than those on the iologil right (a 39-percentage-pot difference).