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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Michael Leshner and Michael Stark (m. 2003), the first married gay couple in Canada [153] Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf (m. 2004), the first married gay couple in Quebec [154] Chad Beguelin, American playwright and lyricist and a man whose first name is Tom [155] Ryan Butler and Chris Sgro (m. 2006) [156] Pete Burns and Michael Simpson (m ...
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).
Uruguay is the most LGBT friendly country in South America by far, having legalized same sex marriage in 2013 and homosexuals can openly serve in the military as well. Pixabay/Public Domain 18.
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 ]