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[3] [4] On 12 July 2024, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court ruling, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Aruba and Curaçao with immediate effect. [5] Marriage in the Netherlands proper, as well as in the Caribbean municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, [6] is also open to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Aruba since a 12 July 2024 ruling of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. [1]Prior to that, as part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba recognized same-sex marriages registered in the Netherlands as well as in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (also known as the Caribbean Netherlands) as valid.
Same-sex marriage has been legal since 2022. [23] Legal gender changes are allowed and gender confirmation procedures are covered by health care. [24] Curacao: Sexual acts among consenting adults of the same sex became legal in 1869. [11] Same-sex marriage has been legal since court ruling in 2022. [25] Transgender rights and protections are ...
On 26 June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, thereby making same-sex marriage legal throughout the United States. [74] Prior to 26 June 2015, same-sex marriages were legal in the District of Columbia, Guam, and thirty-six states.
Legal since 2022 Aruba (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign. [6] Registered partnerships since 2021 [85] [86] The Netherlands responsible for defence Bans all anti-gay discrimination [87] Bahamas: Legal since 1991; Age of consent ...
Making the United States the country with the 2nd largest diaspora of Arubans, second to The Netherlands (23.000). [2] The largest communities of Arubans in the United States can be found in the states of Florida, New York and to a lesser extent Texas. Common destinations among other Caribbean and South-American immigrants to the United States ...
Same-sex marriage is also legal in four of the United States territories: Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. It is not legal in American Samoa, amid legal uncertainty over whether the US Constitution applies there in full. Native American Tribal Nations also have their own same-sex marriage legislation.
This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v.Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same-sex marriage in a decision that applies nationwide, with the possible exception of American Samoa and some Tribal Nations.