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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 ...
Taiwan, for instance, became the first place in Asia to make same-sex marriage a reality in 2019. Marriage equality is still, however, largely limited to countries in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.
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 ...
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] Bans ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Cuba since 27 September 2022, after a majority of voters approved the legalization of same-sex marriage at a referendum two days prior. [52] The Constitution of Cuba prohibited same-sex marriage until 2019, and in May 2019 the government announced plans to legalize same-sex marriage. [ 53 ]
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).
Two small majority-Orthodox countries, Montenegro and Cyprus, have authorized same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015 before upgrading to this week’s approval of full marital status.
Under the new policy, staff who have married a same-sex spouse in a jurisdiction will receive the same benefits and recognition as those in heterosexual marriages, regardless of whether same-sex marriage is legal in their country of citizenship. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon supported a move towards greater respect for gay rights. He ...