A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl.
Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- GAY MARRIAGE
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
- RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR 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. * legal gay marriage country *
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. 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. June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned Stat.To memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage.
Nearly 30 out of 195 untri have passed laws allowg gay marriage, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center.Countri where same sex marriage is legalABC News Photo Illtratn Below is a timele for the untri where same-sex marriage is officially legal.
GAY MARRIAGE
The road to full marriage equaly for same-sex upl the Uned Stat was paved wh setbacks and victori. The landmark 2015 Supreme Court se Obergefell v. Hodg ma gay marriage legal throughout the untry. * legal gay marriage country *
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.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * legal gay marriage country *
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. People monstrate for the legalizatn of gay marriage and parentg on December 16, 2012 Paris, France.Antoe Antonl/Getty ImagThere are currently 32 untri that allow same-sex upl to marry.The latt untry to pass legislatn was Slovenia, which did so on October 4, 2022.Most untri have legalized same-sex marriage via legislatn, but some were through urt cisns.Vis Bs Insir's homepage for more stori.People fightg for same-sex marriage rights around the world have seen global support crease recent years.
TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
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In 2001, the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriag.Revelers on a boat para the Prsengracht nal participatg the Amsterdam Canal Para durg Amsterdam Gay Pri on Augt 2, 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands.Jasper Juen/Getty ImagThe legislatn gave same-sex upl the right to marry, divorce, and adopt children.Source: CBS News2. In 2005, the Canadian Parliament passed legislatn makg same-sex marriage legal natnwi.Spectators watch along Yonge Street, at the annual Pri Ftival para, July 3, 2016, Toronto, Ontar, Canada.Ian 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 untry.Source: CBC News4.
Also 2005, a closely divid Spanish parliament agreed to do the same.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, Spa.Pablo Blazquez Domguez/Getty ImagThe law guaranteed intil rights to all married upl regardls of sexual orientatn.Source: New York Tim5. After South Ai's hight urt led the untry's marriage laws vlated the nstutn’s guarantee of equal rights, parliament legalized same-sex marriage 2006.Lbian Angels march at the Gay Pri Johannburg, South Ai, October 7, 2006.Lbian Angels/Creative CommonsExemptns were also clud the new marriage law. In 1993 Norway allowed gay upl to enter civil unns, but took until 2008 for a Norway to pass a genr-ntral marriage law.A fjord Norway, wh the Norwegian flag the foreground, October 14 206.Graeme 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 sematn.Source: NBC News7.
In 2010, Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin untry to allow same-sex marriage.LGBT Pri Marcha l Orgullo Buenos Air, Argenta, on November 7, 2009.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 unns.Source: The Guardian11. Denmark's legalizatn me 2012 after Queen Margrethe II gave her royal assent to the proposed legislatn.The Danish Natnal Associatn of Gays & Lbians at Copenhagen's LGBT Pri March 2009.Ankara/Creative CommonsDenmark was the first untry to allow same-sex upl to register as domtic partners 1989.Source: BBC News12.
RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Uguay passed legislatn allowg same-sex marriage 2013.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, Brazil.Joe Raedle/Getty ImagCivil unns have been permted Uguay sce 2008, and 2009 gay and lbian upl were given adoptn rights.Source: BBC News13.
Print Franis Hollan signed a measure legalizg marriage equaly France 2013.People monstrate for the legalizatn of gay marriage on December 16, 2012, Paris, France.Antoe Antonl/Getty ImagHollan's signature had to wa until a urt challenge brought by the nservative opposn party, the UMP, was rolved.