Marriage Equality Laws around the World

Here we have summarized the legal status of the marriage equality laws around the world of the nations with embassies supporting Pride House Tokyo. It is basically a list of the names of the laws, the years the laws were enacted, or/and an explanation of any similar laws that have provided same-sex couples legal rights equivalent to same-sex marriage.

Country	Law	Year
Ireland	The Marriage Act 2015	2015
The United Kingdom	Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013	2014
Australia	The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) 　 Act 2017 passed the Senate & House of Representatives and went into effect on December 9, 2017. The right to marry in Australia is no longer determined by sex or gender, meaning same-sex couples are entitled to marry.	2017
The Netherlands	Act on on the opening up of Marriage - amending legislation of the civil code In Dutch: Wet Openstelling Huwelijk 　 https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0012099/2001-04-01　(Dutch only)	2001
Canada	The Civil Marriage Act	2005
Sweden	The Marriage Code (Amendments and introducing of the concept "Gender-neutral marriage" )	2009
Spain	13/2005 Act 13/2005 Act (2005) Amends the Civil Code to permit same-sex marriage. 　 https://www.boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2005-11364 (español)	2005
Denmark	The Act on amendments to the Act on Marriage	2012
Germany	Same-Sex Marriage Law In German: "Gesetz zur gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe" 　 Before that same sex couples could conclude a so-called "registered lifepartnership" that is legally widely treated like a marriage under the Civil Partnership Act adopted in 2001	2017
New Zealand	Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act	2013
Norway	The Marriage Act	2008
Finland	An Act to amend the Marriage Act	2017
Mexico	The Civil Code of the State Law 　 19 States (Mexico City, Quintana Roo, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Jalisco, Campeche, Colima, Michoacán, Morelos, Baja California, Puebla, Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Baja California Sur, Aguascalientes and Oaxaca)	2009〜
European Union	Since there is no uniform civil code in the EU, each member state has its own civil law that governs the issue of marriage between citizens. There are Member States that have legally recognized same-sex marriage, and that do not recognize legal marriage but accepts Registered partnerships and Civil partnerships which are considered equivalent or comparable to marriage. All countries that allow same-sex marriages generally recognise same-sex registered partnerships concluded in other countries. In countries which do not allow same-sex marriages but which have introduced some form of registered partnership, a same-sex marriage abroad generally gives you the same rights as a registered partnership. In the EU, if you prove that you have lived together for a long periods of time your rights as a parnership will be protected even if you are not legally married. Details Details