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Here is where same-sex marriage is legal: Since 2001, when the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage, there have been ramped-up efforts worldwide to pass similar ...
The 654 in Bangkok set a new Guinness World Record for the most same-sex marriages in a day in one city, surpassing the old mark of 160 in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Thailand on Thursday became the first country in Southeast Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBT groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a ...
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); [68] [94] Equal age of consent since 2018. Bans some anti-gay discrimination Burkina Faso: Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) [95] Constitutional ban since 1991 Cape Verde: Legal since 2004 + UN decl. sign. [68]
Same-sex marriage in Sweden has been legal since 1 May 2009, following the adoption of a new gender-neutral law on marriage by the Swedish Parliament on 1 April 2009, making Sweden the seventh country in the world to open marriage to same-sex couples nationwide. Marriage replaced Sweden's registered partnerships for same-sex couples.
Debate has occurred throughout Asia over proposals to legalize same-sex marriage as well as civil unions. Following a Constitutional Court ruling and a subsequent legislative act, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide on 24 May 2019, [1] followed by Thailand on 23 January 2025. [2]
Slovenia became the latest country to approve same-sex marriage on October 4, 2022, after the court struck down the country's ban in July. The 32 countries around the world where same-sex marriage ...
Japan is the only Group of Seven (G7) country that has not recognized either same-sex civil unions or same-sex marriage, despite recent high court decisions that ruled not allowing same-sex ...