Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry.
Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- GAY MARRIAGE
- THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
* country legalized gay marriage *
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. [Pew Rearch Center]2010: PortugalSix years after Portugal's parliament legalized same-sex marriage, the untry granted gay upl the right to adopt.
[Pew Rearch Center]2019: Atria In 2010, the untry allowed gay and lbian upl to enter to a civil partnership, and on Jan.
[The Associated Prs]2019: Taiwan On May 17, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow same-sex marriag between gay and lbian upl.
GAY MARRIAGE
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. * country legalized gay marriage *
The untry's hight urt approved same-sex marriage on June 12, 2019, markg the 50th anniversary of the worldwi gay equaly movement. 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.
THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE 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. * country legalized gay marriage *
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.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
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.