Same-Sex Marriage

50%  of the countries that allow same-sex marriage are in Western Europe.

Cuba and Mexico legalised same-sex marriage in 2022, Chile in 2021, Ecuador in 2019 and Costa Rica in 2018 (in effect since 2020).

It has been legal in Colombia since 2016, in Brazil since 2013 and Argentina since 2010.


South Africa is the only place on the African continent where same-sex couples can get married.


Several European governments do not allow same-sex unions, notably Italy and much of Eastern Europe.

David Manners

David Manners

David Manners has more than forty-years experience writing about the electronics industry, its major trends and leading players. As well as writing business, components and research news, he is the author of the site's most popular blog, Mannerisms. This features series of posts such as Fables, Markets, Shenanigans, and Memory Lanes, across a wide range of topics.

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  1. The Netherlands marked the 25 year anniversary of the first same sex marriages with 4 simultaneous new same sex marriages attended by the mayor of Amsterdam and the new Dutch prime minister who also happens to be the first openly gay Dutch prime minister.

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