Gay Marriage Around the World | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• CARLOS Y E, PRIMER MATRIMON GAY EN ESPAñA: "SOMOS UNA PAREJA RRIENTE"
• THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS JT HAD S FIRST GAY CHURCH WEDDG
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• FIRST GAY COUPL APPLY FOR MARRIAGE UNR NEW SPANISH LAW
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON'T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER'S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• SPA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE; LAW IS AMONG THE MOST LIBERAL
• SPA LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE
• SPANISH PARLIAMENT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

In July of 2010, Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin untry to legalize same-sex marriag, attributg Argente gay people the same maral rights as the natn's heterosexuals.

One of the leadg proponents of same-sex marriag was the Print of the untry, Crista Fernánz Kirchner, who nstantly fought for regnn of the rights of the homosexuals, though agast the will of the Roman Catholic Church. The untry, then head by a Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who openly clared herself to be gay, met ltle polil ristance passg this law. Currently, Iceland is regard as one of the most gay-iendly untri the world, wh a large number of foreign same-sex upl visg Iceland to get married there.

Swen was th one of the first few untri to signate legally regnized partnership rights to gay upl the mid 1990s, and also allowed such upl to adopt children as early as 2002. The Lutheran Church of Swen had agreed to bls gay partnerships sce 2007, but were not yet ready to allow gay weddgs their church.

CARLOS Y E, PRIMER MATRIMON GAY EN ESPAñA: "SOMOS UNA PAREJA RRIENTE"

This law th allowed gay partners to marry civil or relig ceremoni, to adopt children, and to partake artificial sematn. The Church of Norway was spl on this issue of gay marriage legalizatn 2013, but, 2015, the General Synod of the Church of Norway voted favor of offerg servic to same sex marriage ceremoni. After the Bill received Royal Assent on July 20, 2005, fally beme active, givg gay upl the opportuny to rejoice.

In July of 2015, Spa celebrated s ten year anniversary of the legalizatn of gay marriag there.

THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAS JT HAD S FIRST GAY CHURCH WEDDG

The first same-sex marriage Spa took place on July 11, volvg the gay uple of E Menénz and Carlos Baturín. Over the next 10 years to follow, around 31, 610 same-sex marriag took place Spa, renrg Spa as one the bt untri for gay rights.

Followg years of heated bat and signifint protts by Belgian gay-rights anizatns, upled wh the risg acceptance of gay rights among the Belgian muny, the bill legalizg gay marriag were fally approved by 91 of the 122 puti of the Belgian Parliament’s lower hoe. It was two years later that such me to un, when 2005 a new bill was passed, grantg gay upl the right to adopt children.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

The Netherlands was the first untry to legalize gay marraige.

As early as the mid-1980s, gay rights anizatns had been active the untry mandg legal regnn of same-sex marriag. RankCountryYear Gay Marriage Legalized.

The First Countri to Legalize Gay Marriage. Menenz, left, plac a rg on the fger of Batur German durg their weddg, Spa (CNN) -- Two men -- a psychiatrist and a store wdow rator -- have tied the knot a Madrid suburb, the first gay uple to marry Spa sce the untry's parliament passed a law allowg such unns last 's civil ceremony, which lasted 10 mut, was attend by a few fay members and iends of the uple -- as well as several dozen reprentativ of the media -- the cy uncil room the suburb of Tr Zerolo, a gay rights activist and member of the untry's lg Socialist Party, nfirmed was the first marriage between people of the same sex Spa and lled "a triumph of mon sense and the state of law.

FIRST GAY COUPL APPLY FOR MARRIAGE UNR NEW SPANISH LAW

"The new law is also seen as a challenge for Pope Benedict XVI, given the Vatin's strong stance favor of heterosexual marriage Socialist ernment timat there are 4 ln homosexuals Spa, nearly 10 percent of the the new law, gay upl uld also adopt children, but the first gay uple to wed said they weren't terted show about 60 percent of Spaniards are favor of same-sex church lears have lled on lol officials not to perform same-sex marriag. Tr Cantos is led lolly by the nservative Popular Party, which at the natnal level voted agast the gay marriage law parliament. 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.

Argenta 2010Lat Ameri-CaribbeanFirst untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to marry. Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed.

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.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON'T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER'S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

Jt north of the cy center is the predomantly LGBTQ+ neighborhood of Chue where many of the gay bars and nightlife n be found.

Pl, a gay hotspot is jt a 40-mute trip down the ast to Sg, a quat, small beach town.

Spa is one of the most gay-iendly untri  the world, boastg a harmon mix of rich tradn and liberal views. In larger ci like Madrid and Barcelona, ’s not difficult to fd gay-iendly and gay-owned and operated acmodatns and tour pani. Jt a short trip away om Barcelona is the seasi village of Sg, a notor gay hotspot all summer long.

SPA LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE; LAW IS AMONG THE MOST LIBERAL

Other popular gay statns clu Torremol, Gran Canaria, Ibiza and Benidorm. In the wter, check out Spa’s ma gay ski event Snow Queer Ftival the Pyrene north of Barcelona.

The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. Surrogacy is illegal Italy, and gay marriage has not been legalized.

“There is no discrimatn agast children, ” Fay Mister Eugenia Roccella told parliament when she troduced the bill June, explag that the children of gay upl would have accs to school and medil servic jt like those who only have one livg parent.

SPA LEGALIS GAY MARRIAGE

Ocho días más tar, ntrajeron matrimon en el Ayuntamiento Tr Cantos (Madrid) y se nvirtieron en el primer matrimon gay España; s entonc, unas 20.

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Gay marriage Spa. It is also important to note that a same-sex marriage that is registered Spa might not be regnized a untry that do not accept gay marriage. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

SPANISH PARLIAMENT LEGALIZ GAY MARRIAGE

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia. 'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Last weekend saw the first gay marriage Spa nducted by a prit. It was an important event a untry that has been at the vanguard of gay rights over recent years, spe stnch opposn om the Catholic Church. It was a historic ocsn: the unn of 38-year-old Swedish natnal Soliman Johansson wh his partner, 28-year-old Venezuelan Luis Madriz, was the first gay marriage Spa to be nducted by a prit.

View Trip Socialist Prime Mister José Zapatero pledged to legalise gay marriage Spa after g to power 2004.

He stuck to his promise: a law permtg same-sex unns me to effect on July 3, 2005, makg Spa only the third untry the world to allow gay marriage, after Belgium and the Netherlands.