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Where in Latin America is same-sex marriage legal?
Johntorresbrooklyn
Currently, these Latin American jurisdictions permit same-sex couples to marry (in chronological order):
- Mexico City, Mexico (March 4, 2010)
- Argentina (July 22, 2010)
- Quintana Roo (state), Mexico (January 2012);
- Brazil (May 14, 2013, although some states started earlier)
- Uruguay (June 19, 2013)
- Colombia (June 20, 2013)
- Coahuila (state), Mexico (September 2014)
- Chihuahua (state), Mexico (June 12, 2015)
Currently, these jurisdictions recognize same-sex marriage performed elsewhere (in chronological order):
- Mexico (nationwide August 10, 2010).
There are other jurisdictions that grant same-sex couples rights and responsibilities similar or even identical to legal marriage, but the jurisdictions listed above are the only ones where same-sex marriage is currently legal.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 7y agoAs of 2017, same-sex marriage is only legal in areas of the Caribbean governed by the United States such as:
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Sint Maartin will also recognize same-sex marriages performed in the Netherlands.
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