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Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2024, marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.4 billion people (17% of the world's population).
Jun 9, 2023 · Fact Sheet. |. June 9, 2023. Same-Sex Marriage Around the World. Since the first same-sex marriages took place in the Netherlands in 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictions have enacted laws allowing gays and lesbians to marry, mostly in Europe and the Americas.
Nov 27, 2023 · Attitudes about same-sex marriage vary widely around the world, according to several Pew Research Center surveys fielded in 32 places in the last two years. Among the surveyed publics, support for legal same-sex marriage is highest in Sweden, where 92% of adults favor it, and lowest in Nigeria, where only 2% back it.
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Feb 15, 2024 · Feb. 15, 2024, at 5:22 p.m. YAMIL LAGE | AFP | Getty Images. People take part in the gay pride conga, May 13, 2023, in Havana. Since the Netherlands became the first country to legalize...
Jun 13, 2023 · Same-sex marriage is now legal in more than 30 countries and territories around the world, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. In 24 of these places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
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Dec 22, 2022 · Phil Noble/Reuters. Written By. CFR.org Editors. Updated. Last updated December 22, 2022 9:30 am (EST) Summary. More than two dozen countries have marriage equality, and more than half of these...
3 days ago · Same-sex marriage, the practice of marriage between two men or between two women. Although same-sex marriage has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world, the legal and social responses have ranged from celebration to criminalization.
