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Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- THE ARE ALL THE UNTRI THAT HAVE LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE
- THE COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL [MAP]
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MARRIAGE
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * list of countries with gay marriage *
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. 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.
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. 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.
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THE ARE ALL THE UNTRI THAT HAVE LEGALISED GAY MARRIAGE
Worldwi, most of the untri that allow gay marriage are Wtern Europe. In the Ameris, five untri have legalized gay marriage. * list of countries with gay marriage *
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. 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.
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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.
THE COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL [MAP]
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. ET Magaze looks at the untri which have preced Atralia and those which still crimalise same-sex sexual relatns: US & GAY MARRIAGE Amerins' attus toward gay marriage have changed noticeably over the years Those favour 2001 - 35 2017 - 62 Those agast 2001 - 57 2017 - 32 Women are more open to than men Women: 2001 - 38 2017- 64 Men: 2001 - 32 2017 - 60 More blacks support gay marriage than wh 2001 - 38 2017- 64 Men: 2001 - 32 2017 - 60 Figur % Source: Pew Rearch Center survey the US Countri where gay marriage is legal 2000# - Netherlands 2003- Belgium 2005- Canada 2005-spa 2006- South Ai 2008-Norway 2009- Mexi* 2009-Swen 2010- Iceland 2010-Portugal 2010-Argenta 2011-Denmark** 2013- Uguay 2013 -New Zealand 2013- France 2013- Brazil 2013-14- Uned Kgdom*** 2014 - Luxembourg 2015-Fland 2015- Ireland 2015- Uned Stat 2016- Colombia 2017- Germany 2017- Malta *In some jurisdictns | **Greenland, an tonomo terrory of Denmark, legalised 2015 | ***England and Wal did 2013, and Stland 2014 #Year which gay marriage was legalised India: One of 72 untri where homosexualy is illegal.
GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Gay rights activists are hopeful after the Supreme Court led that the right to privacy is a fundamental right: "Right to privacy and the protectn of sexual orientatn lie at the re of the fundamental rights guaranteed by Articl 14, 15 and 21 of the Constutn". Spaniards are the most enthaistic backers of same-sex marriage (% of people favour) Spa- 58 New Zealand - 55 Canada - 53 Ireland - 52 Atria - 52 More Ghanaians are opposed to gay marriage than any other natnaly Ghana -76 Rsia - 73 Indonia - 73 Nigeria - 69 Ukrae -67 INDIA people for - 33% people agast - 44% people who don't know- 23% Source: Onle survey of 51, 700 web ers 51 untri by ILGA, RIWI Corp Countri which implement the ath penalty for same-sex sexual acts Iran Sdi Arabia Sudan Yemen Somalia* Nigeria* Iraq** *In some provc **IS-ntrolled parts of northern Iraq & northern Syria Countri where the ath penalty is the law but not rried out Afghanistan Pakistan Qatar UAE Mrania EU & Discrimatn 47% Rponnts who had been discrimated agast or harassed the prev 12 months on grounds of sexual orientatn 20% Those who had been discrimated agast while lookg for a job or at work bee they are LGBT 59% Rponnts who had experienced vlence the prev 12 months who attributed partly or pletely to their beg perceived to be LGBT 91% Those who had heard negative ments or seen negative nduct bee a schoolmate was perceived to be LGBT durg their schoolg A 2012 survey of over 93, 000 lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persons by the European Unn Agency for Fundamental Rights the 28 member untri found wispread discrimatn. - Europe, gay marriage pneers - On October 1, 1989, for the first time the world, several gay upl Denmark tied the knot civil unns, which while givg their relatnships a legal standg fell short of full was the Netherlands that first allowed gay marriag, givg more rights April then 16 European untri have followed su acceptg gay marriag: Atria, Belgium, Bra, Denmark, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spa, Swen and most recently European untri allow only weaker civil partnerships for the LGBTQ muny -- cludg Croatia, Cyps, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia, which rejected gay marriag a 2015 referendum.
COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MARRIAGE
On October 1, 1989, for the first time the world, gay upl Denmark tied the knot legal civil unns, but would have to wa until 2012 to be allowed to marry church LISELOTTE SABROE SCANPIX DENMARK/AFP/File. Half of s 32 stat have legalised gay civil unns 2015, and s ngrs on Tuday passed a bill legalisg full-blown same-sex left chang that would have paved the way for legal same-sex marriage out of s new nstutn adopted 2019. Taiwan, first AsiaWhile much of Asia is tolerant of homosexualy, May 2019 Taiwan beme the first the regn to allow gay Japan, a urt northern Sapporo led 2021 that the untry's failure to regnise same-sex marriage is unnstutnal, a landmark first verdict on the issue.
Atralia (2017) and New Zealand (2013) are the only plac the wir Asia-Pacific regn to have passed gay marriage the Middle East, where homosexualy is reprsed, Israel leads the way terms of gay rights, regnisg same-sex marriag that are sealed elsewhere although not allowg such unns the untry self. Several untri the nservative regn still have the ath penalty for homosexualy, cludg Sdi Arabia and the Uned Arab marriage one untrySouth Ai is the sole natn on the Ain ntent to allow gay marriage, which legalised 30 Ain untri ban homosexualy, wh Mrania, Somalia and Sudan havg the ath penalty for same-sex relatns.
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