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. The lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated. Pe is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.
Contents:
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
- WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
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. * countries that don t support gay marriage *
Ireland has an openly gay prime mister, Luxembourg has a first hband, and jt the other day, Germany said y to same-sex marriage. However, 75 other sovereign natns, marriage between LGBTQ upl is still illegal, and eight of them, homosexualy is still punishable by ath. The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA)regnis this stggle, and every year releas a report that shows the human rights of LGBTQ dividuals around the globe.
A staggerg 40% of the world’s populatn still live untri where people n be prosecuted on the basis of their sexual orientatn, and more than 400 ln, ri a state where beg gay is punishable by ath. A strong global movement has improved rpect for the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people around the world. In some untri, law enforcement agenci aggrsively pursue and prosecute people spected of beg lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
Acrdg to var opn polls provid by the Pew Rearch Center, ILGA and more, the majory of rints the untri object to gay marriage. * countries that don t support gay marriage *
The UAE has ed this law to prosecute gay and transgenr people even mixed-genr spac. Angola January 2019 issued a new penal that no longer penaliz homosexual sex. homosexual acts.
WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
The supporters believe that a person do not choose to be gay and is stead born this way. On the flip si, there are people that are agast gay marriage. However, there are still natns around the world that outright ban 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. Of the eighty-eight untri, the number of untri that have legalized gay marriage is a total of twenty-four natns.
The untri where gay marriage is legal clu….