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Marriage Equality Around the World
The Human Rights Campaign tracks developments in the legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world. Working through a worldwide network of HRC global alumni and partners, we lift up the voices of community, national and regional advocates and share tools, resources, and lessons learned to authorize movements for marriage equality.
Current State of Marriage Equality
There are currently 38 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uruguay.
These countries have legalized marriage equality through both legislation and court decisions.
Countries that Legalized Marriage Equality in
Liechtenstein: On May 16, , Liechtenstein's gove
Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?
Around the world, queer people continue to face discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements have marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.
According to Statistica Research Department, as of , homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for personal, consensual same-sex sexual activity.
In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries acquire amendments that include those between women in their definitions.
These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of expression, the right to develop one's own character and the right to life.
Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?
Saudi Arabia
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Here's a list of countries where homosexual marriages are legal and illegal
US & Same-sex attracted MARRIAGE
Americans' attitudes toward gay marriage hold changed noticeably over the years
Those in favour
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Women are more open to it than men
Women :
- 38
64
Men:
- 32
- 60
More blacks support gay marriage than whites
- 38
64
Men:
- 32
- 60
Figures in %
Source: Pew Research Center survey in the US
Countries where gay marriage is legal
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Belgium
Canada
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South Africa
Norway
Mexico*
Sweden
Iceland
Portugal
Argentina
Denmark**
Uruguay
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The tin anniversary &#x; a review of the status of homosexual relationships around the world
Posted: 28/03/
On 29 March , it will be the year anniversary of the first same-sex marriage ceremony in England. It is sometimes easy to forget that up until homosexuality was illegal in this country. Interestingly, it was never illegal to be woman loving woman, perhaps one of the not many ways women were historically overlooked by law makers which had an inadvertently positive effect!
It may come as a shock to some same-sex couples who advance abroad that their relationship might not be recognised, or they may even be treated differently than a heterosexual couple in their new home country if their relationship or marriage ends.
In England, there are a myriad of financial claims arising from the breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership, and these rights could be lost if you move abroad.
In contrast, cohabiting couples in England still meet limited financial protection on separation despite calls for reform. Our International Family Law Report: The Cohabitation Conundrum summarises the legal reme