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Sudan rescinded its unenforced death penalty for anal sex (hetero- or homosexual) in 2020. Fifteen countries have stoning on the books as a penalty for adultery, which (in light of the illegality of gay marriage in those countries) would by default include gay sex, but this is enforced by the legal authorities in Iran and Nigeria (in the ...
This article contains a timeline of significant events regarding same-sex marriage and legal recognition of same-sex couples worldwide. It begins with the history of same-sex unions during ancient times, which consisted of unions ranging from informal and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions, and continues to modern-day state-recognized same-sex marriage.
France thus becomes the first West European country to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. [124] 1791 – The novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin is published in China. It includes an openly bisexual character as well as an account of a gay bashing. [125] 1793 – Monaco decriminalizes sodomy.
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
State-recognized same-sex unions have recently become more widely accepted, with various countries recognizing same-sex marriages or other types of unions. A celebrated achievement in LGBT history occurred when Queen Beatrix signed a law making Netherlands the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. [2] [when?]
Same-sex marriage became legal in Norway on 1 January 2009 when a gender-neutral marriage bill came into effect after being passed by the Norwegian legislature, the Storting, in June 2008. [106] [107] Norway became the first Scandinavian country and the sixth country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage. [108]
Uruguay became the first country in South America to allow civil unions (for both opposite sex and same-sex couples) on 1 January 2008. Children can be adopted by same-sex couples since 2009. [ 98 ] [ 99 ] A same-sex marriage bill passed in the Chamber of Deputies in December 2012, [ 100 ] [ 101 ] as well as in the Senate in April 2013 but with ...
[4] [5] This legal status of unregistered partnerships is respected by Dutch courts. [6] The Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to recognise cohabiting same-sex couples by law. The first law recognising the cohabitation of same-sex couples was passed in 1979 for the purposes of rent law.