Exactly 20 years ago, one lbian uple and three gay upl tied the knot Amsterdam's cy hall - makg history as the Netherlands beme the first untry to allow same-sex marriage, a step sce followed by nearly 30 other natns.
Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
- HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
- GAY MARRIAGE
- THE STATE OF GAY RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * gay marriage laws around the world *
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.
GAY MARRIAGE AROUND THE WORLD
Worldwi, most of the untri that allow gay marriage are Wtern Europe. In the Ameris, five untri have legalized gay marriage. * gay marriage laws around 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.
HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
Pope Francis endorsed civil unns for same-sex upl a new film released on Wednday, tensifyg the global bate around gay and lbian relatnships, which have no legal regnn most untri. * gay marriage laws around the world *
June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage. 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 marriage beme legal Swen on May 1, 2009, followg the enactment of a marriage law passed by the Swedish Parliament early April. 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.
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. * gay marriage laws around the world *
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. Gay marriage is not technilly legal throughout the untry though the Supreme Court issued a lg 2015 makg same-sex marriage easier and gave upl the right to ask for urt junctns agast state gay marriage bans.
THE STATE OF GAY RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
Of the signatory untri, Argenta, Brazil, Colombia, Mexi, and Uguay had legal gay marriage before the lg; the other untri, such as Bolivia, the Domin Republic, and Pe, are expected by the Court to change their laws.