List of countries that legalized gay marriage
Gay Marriage Around the World
A growing number of governments around the world are considering whether to grant legal recognition to queer marriages. So far, more than two dozen countries have enacted national laws allowing gays and lesbians to marry, mostly in Europe and the Americas. In Mexico, some jurisdictions allow queer couples to wed, while others do not.
Countries That Allow Lgbtq+ Marriage
Countries Where Gay Marriage is Legal in Some Jurisdictions
Countries That Allow Gay Marriage
Australia ()
On Dec. 7, , the Australian Parliament passed legislation allowing queer and lesbian couples to legally wed. Passage came just three weeks after Australians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, by a 62% to 38% margin, in a non-binding, nationwide referendum. Along with New Zealand, Australia became the second nation in the Asia-Pacific region to to make same-sex marriage legal.
Malta ()
Malta’s parliament almost unanimously voted to legalize same-sex marriage in July , despite opposition from the Catholic Church on the small Mediterranean island.
The 32 countries around the world where same-sex marriage is legal
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- There are currently 32 countries that grant same-sex couples to marry.
- The latest state to pass legislation was Slovenia, which did so on October 4,
- Most countries have legalized same-sex marriage via legislation, but some were through court decisions.
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People fighting for same-sex marriage rights around the planet have seen global support increase in recent years. Australia, Malta, and Germany legalized same-sex marriage in , and Taiwan made history in , becoming the first government in Asia to welcome legislation on marriage equality.
Slovenia became the first post-communist country to legalize it on October 4, , after the Constitutional Court of Slovenia overturned a prior disallow on same-sex marriages in July, arguing that it violat
Here are the countries where same-sex marriage is officially legal
June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage being legalized across the entire Merged States.
To commemorate this milestone in LGBTQ history, we are taking a glance at countries around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 out of countries have passed laws allowing gay marriage, according to the Pew Research Center.
Below is a timeline for the countries where queer marriage is officially legal. The year marks when the law was first enacted in that country.
The Netherlands
The country became the first in the world to legalize gay marriage. The following year, four couples married in the world’s first homosexual wedding in [Associated Press]
Belgium
Three years after the new law was enacted, the country’s parliament granted same-sex couples the right to adopt in [Pew Research Center]
Canada
The nation's traditional definition of civil marriage was changed to include the union between same-sex couples. [Pew Study Center]
Spain
The new l
Countries Where Gay Marriage Is Legal
For many years, same-sex marriage has been a hot topic of endless debate. Supporters of same-sex marriage state that a relationship and subsequent marriage between two people of the equal sex is natural and normal. These supporters think that a person does not choose to be gay and is instead born this way. Supporters also say that gay couples are just as capable as heterosexual couples when it comes to getting married, living together, and raising children.
On the flip side, there are people that are against gay marriage. These people may have religious values that tell them this is wrong. Others tell that same-sex relationships and marriage is abnormal and can have negative effects on children that are raised in a queer household.
However, there are still nations around the nature that outright ban same-sex attracted marriage. Even if a wedding ceremony is performed, these couples are not recognized by the government as legally married. Not every country in the world is involved in the conversation surrounding homosexual marriage, but a massive percentage