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 leader and his partner had earlier met with Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband.
The U.K. Parliament stepped in last year and took steps to legalize same-sex unions and abortion.
Same-sex couples are likely to be able to begin marrying by Valentine's Day.
The four men are being questioned in connection with last year's fatal shooting of journalist Lyra McKee.
A justice says it's not up to him to change the law, but to legislators.
LGBT activists — fighting for marriage equality in the one region of the U.K. without it — gathered at Belfast City Hall to announce plans for a mass demonstration through the city on July 1.
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The women were planning a civil union ceremony if marriage had not passed.Â
Queens University Belfast continued research on the practice as late as 1973.
Parliament moved this week to bring the area in line with the rest of the United Kingdom.
Those convicted under now-defunct antisodomy laws can apply for pardons and have their criminal records cleared.
Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples tied the knot after a five-year engagement.Â
So far, the government has declined every opportunity to wipe away sodomy convictions with the Turing law.Â
"I definitely would be prepared to make the change myself if it's going to help my community and help other people," out actor Kristian Nairn told The Belfast Telegraph.
The incident occured at a Pride parade in Northern Ireland.