Marriage equality

English (en): Laws regarding same-sex sexuality

Homosexuality legal    Same-sex marriage1    Other type of partnership (or unregistered cohabitation)1    Foreign same-sex marriages recognized1    No recognition of same-sex couples Homosexuality illegal    Minimal penalty    Heavy penalty    Up to life in prison    Up to death (ring = local judges) Rings indicate areas where local judges have granted marriage or imposed the death penalty in a country where that is not otherwise the law. 1May include recent laws or court decisions which have created legal recognition of same-sex relationships, but which have not entered into effect yet

Marriage equality refers to the extension to same-sex couples of the ability to get married in the same way as opposite-sex couples.