These are the 38 countries that have legalized marriage equality (in order)
To date, only 38 nations allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001.
March 19, 2025
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To date, only 38 nations allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001.
The government denies that such clinics exist, but activists say they operate clandestinely.
Ecuadorian writer Cesar L. Baquerizo is releasing his first English-lanugage novel, A Safe Place With You, about a "conversion" clinic in his native country. He tells us about the real people — abused by religious frauds —who inspired his book.
Linda Becerra Moran said she had been kidnapped. A police officer shot her after telling her to drop a knife.
Diane Rodriguez and Fernando Machado are thought to be the first trans couple in Ecuador to become parents.
Diane Rodriguez faces constant danger as an unbowed trans activist in central America.
The South American nation issued a 5-4 ruling based on equal rights.
Will this 85% Catholic, Latin American nation ratify a gay-friendly constitution? After all, it was the first in the Western Hemisphere to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation ... and it decriminalized sexual activity between people of the same sex six full years before the United States.
The ruling is being appealed, but advocates are confident.
Daritza Araya and Alexandra Quiros (pictured) were married shortly after midnight on Tuesday when marriage equality became the law of the land.