LATEST UPDATE OCTOBER 2022: Mexico became country #33, Cuba country #32 and Andorra will become #34 in February 2023
We love getting inspiration for our next trip from books and movies, but when a country makes the gay press (in a positive way!), it definitely creates a new feeling of wanderlust for it. Malta is a classic example. It was a place that never featured heavily on our radar growing up (other than the Eurovision Song contest scoreboards). But since it began to pave the way for LGBTQ rights in 2014 it became top of our Bucket List and begged for us to visit. As a result, our gay Malta guide was born along with other beautiful Maltese memories.
This is our article dedicated to the progression of gay marriage laws in the world. Whilst the number of countries that have legalized gay marriage is a minority, the list slowly grows…we live in hope that one day we will have full equality across all 197 countries. One day!
We will keep this article updated when there is a new addition to our fabulous gay marriage club. We’ve also put together what we rate to be the most gay friendly countries in the world following each country’s LGBTQ laws, and our own firsthand experience.
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34. Andorra: February 2023
The General Council of Andorra passed the gay marriage law on July 21, 2022, which will come into effect from February 17, 2023.
33. Mexico: October 2022
On October 27, 2022, the state of Tamaulipas voted to allow gay marriage in Mexico, becoming the last of the country’s 32 states to do so, which meant gay marriage was now legal nationwide.
Mexico’s path to nationwide gay marriage began on December 21, 2009, when Mexico City became the first Latin American jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage and the first of Mexico’s 32 states to do so. Over the next decade across the country, each state began to pass its own gay marriage laws, particularly after June 2015 when the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that state bans on gay marriage violate the federal constitution.
32. Cuba: September 2022
First Caribbean and Communist country to legalize gay marriage!
Gay marriage in Cuba was legalized on September 27, 2022. This followed a referendum where 66.9% of Cubans voted in favor. Initially, the government announced it would legalize gay marriage in May 2019.
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