2022: COUNTRIES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED SAME SEX MARRIAGE 

Did you know that with Mexico recently legalizing same sex marriage, there are now 32 countries where same-sex marriage has become legal, and that Netherlands is the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage?

The congress of Mexico’s northeastern border state Tamaulipas has voted to recognise same-sex marriage, making it legal it legal in all 32 states of the country. Becoming the last of the country’s states to do so, Tamaulipas amended the state’s Civil Code on Wednesday, setting off cheers of “Yes, we can!” from supporters of the change.

Recently, the states of Mexico, Sonora and Sinaloa voted to legally recognise same-sex marriage, as it has been a long-awaited mark of progress for a country known for gender-related violence. Mexico City became the country’s first area to legalise same-sex marriage in 2009.

The president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Arturo Zaldívar, welcomed the vote. “The whole country shines with a huge rainbow. Live the dignity and rights of all people. Love is love,” he said on Twitter.

In 2015, the Supreme Court declared state laws preventing same-sex marriage unconstitutional, but some states took several years to adopt laws conforming with the ruling.

Same-sex marriage remains illegal or not recognised in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, most of Central America and swaths of the Caribbean, according to global LGBTQ rights tracker Equaldex

The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage in 2001. At midnight on April 1, 2001, four couples tied the knot in a ceremony led by the then-mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen.Since then, some 20,000 same-sex couples have wed in the Netherlands, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

There are currently 32 countries where same-sex marriage is legal: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Uruguay.

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Source:

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/10/27/same-sex-marriage-is-now-legal-nationwide-in-mexico

https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/04/01/the-netherlands-celebrates-20-years-since-becoming-the-first-country-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage-by-floating-a-giant-pink-cake-down-amsterdams-canals/