Equalx is a llaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr) movement, visualizg LGBTQ+ rights through maps, timel, and data.
Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * countries that allow gay marriage map *
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. 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.
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL
* countries that allow gay marriage map *
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. Some untri are so adamant about not legalizg gay marriage that they crimalize homosexualy to the full extent of the law. 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.
Last week, Taiwan passed a bill legalisg same-sex marriage, makg the first Asian natn to do although same-sex marriage has advanced untri and regns where acceptance of homosexualy is more wily accepted, untri which allow same-sex unns are still the of untri that allow same sex marriage are Wtern Europe, while most others are North Ameri. 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.
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
There are 27 untri where gay marriage is legal. * countries that allow gay marriage map *
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. 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. 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.