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ner at arent fox who has tried a case in the inter american court and represented chilean same sex couples in the inter american system 27 nations bound by european court of justice ruling in november 2025 the european court of justice ruled that the 27 nations of the european union including those without marriage equality the case was from poland are required to recognize same sex marriages from other member nations such as by transcribing the marriage in the domestic civil register and recognizing rights conferred by eu law dutch caribbean overseas municipalities bonaire saba and sint eustatius and constituent countries aruba and curaçao have marriage equality constituent country sint maarten does not though it partially recognizes dutch marriages from elsewhere mexico mexico achieved marriage equality state by state between march 2010 and october 2022 my article on how it played out is here french places all overseas departments and collectivities see the france entry above have marriage equality the links above show a same sex couple marrying in nine of the 11 jurisdictions british places nineteen uk associated jurisdictions have marriage equality england and wales 2014 akrotiri and dhekelia 2014 british indian ocean territory 2014 2015 scotland 2014 south georgia and the south sandwich islands 2014 pitcairn islands 2015 ascension island 2016 isle of man 2016 british antarctic territory 2016 gibraltar 2016 guernsey 2017 falkland islands 2017 tristan da cunha 2017 saint helena 2017 jersey 2018 alderney 2018 northern ireland 2020 and sark 2020 six british overseas territories do not have marriage equality anguilla bermuda british virgin islands cayman islands montserrat and turks and caicos islands bermuda had marriage equality in 2017 and again from 2018 to 2022 it was terminated on march 14 2022 by the court of final appeal the judicial committee of the privy council in the united kingdom the judgment is here the cayman islands had marriage equality for 13 days in 2019 it was blocked with finality on march 14 2022 by the court of final appeal the judicial committee of the privy council in the united kingdom the judgment is here the six remaining uk jurisdictions can still achieve marriage equality if their legislatures pass it if the uk government imposes it or possibly via the european court of human rights there is also a case from the british virgin islands before the eastern caribbean supreme court ireland on may 22 2015 ireland became the first nation to bring in marriage equality by popular vote irish people amended their constitution by a landslide margin of 62 07 to 37 93 u s territories four of the five u s territories guam northern mariana islands puerto rico u s virgin islands were covered by the u s supreme court s nationwide marriage equality ruling on june 26 2015 american samoa was not the united states minor outlying islands baker island howland island jarvis island johnston atoll kingman reef midway atoll palmyra atoll and wake island in the pacific ocean and navassa island in the caribbean sea would have marriage equality their population nowadays is a small number of temporarily assigned scientists and military personnel antarctica same sex couples can marry in antarctica nations that claim portions of the continent include argentina australia chile france new zealand norway and the united kingdom all of which have marriage equality on the high seas same sex couples can marry at sea on celebrity cruises ships courtesy of the malta parliament s passage of marriage equality in july 2017 u s indian tribes there are 574 of them and they are not covered by the june 26 2015 u s supreme court ruling that brought in marriage equality nationwide at least 32 tribes listed below have legalized same sex marriage to date a number of others follow the marriage law of the state in which they are located so marriage equality is in place without additional tribal action coquille indian tribe in oregon 2009 mashantucket western pequot tribal nation in connecticut 2010 suquamish tribe in washington 2011 port gamble s klallam tribe in washington 2012 little traverse bay bands of odawa indians in michigan 2013 confederated tribes of the colville reservation in washington 2013 pokagon band of potawatomi indians in michigan 2013 iipay nation of santa ysabel in california 2013 cheyenne and arapaho tribes in oklahoma 2013 leech lake band of ojibwe in minnesota 2013 puyallup tribe of indians in washington 2014 eastern shoshone tribe and northern arapaho tribe in wyoming 2014 tlingit and haida indian tribes in alaska 2015 oneida tribe in wisconsin 2015 keweenaw bay indian community in michigan 2015 confederated tribes of siletz indians in oregon 2015 confederated tribes of grand ronde in oregon 2015 stockbridge munsee community band of mohican indians in wisconsin 2016 tulalip tribes in washington 2016 menominee indian tribe in wisconsin 2016 cherokee nation in oklahoma 2016 prairie island mdewakanton dakota community in minnesota 2017 osage nation in oklahoma 2017 ho chunk nation in wisconsin 2017 ak chin indian community in arizona 2017 oglala sioux tribe in south dakota 2019 bay mills indian community in michigan 2019 colorado river indian tribes in californa nevada arizona 2019 turtle mountain band of chippewa indians in north dakota 2020 winnebago tribe of nebraska 2022 chickasaw nation in oklahoma 2022 choctaw nation of oklahoma 2023 watch list this section is now a separate article worldwide marriage equality watch list click here to read about the places on the planet most likely to see marriage equality next as well as places where marriage equality has become a high profile topic geography lesson where are those 49 other jurisdictions of australia chile denmark france netherlands portugal spain uk and usa australia christmas island indian ocean cocos keeling islands indian ocean norfolk island south pacific ocean chile easter island south pacific ocean denmark faroe islands north atlantic ocean greenland between north atlantic and arctic oceans france french guiana south america french polynesia south pacific ocean guadeloupe caribbean sea martinique caribbean sea mayotte indian ocean new caledonia south pacific ocean réunion indian ocean saint barthélemy caribbean sea saint martin caribbean sea saint pierre and miquelon next to newfoundland wallis and futuna south pacific ocean netherlands aruba caribbean sea bonaire caribbean sea curaçao caribbean sea saba caribbean sea sint eustatius caribbean sea portugal azores north atlantic ocean madeira north atlantic ocean spain canary islands north atlantic ocean ceuta africa melilla africa united kingdom akrotiri and dhekelia cyprus alderney english channel ascension island south atlantic ocean british antarctic territory british indian ocean territory falkland islands south atlantic ocean gibraltar attached to spain guernsey english channel isle of man irish sea jersey english channel northern ireland island of ireland pitcairn islands south pacific ocean saint helena south atlantic ocean sark english channel scotland great britain south georgia and the south sandwich islands south atlantic ocean tristan da cunha south atlantic ocean wales great britain usa guam north pacific ocean northern mariana islands north pacific ocean puerto rico caribbean sea u s virgin islands caribbean sea by wockner on august 19 2026 worldwide marriage equality watch list amsterdam city hall april 1 2001 this is a companion article to marriage equality around the world here we track the nations and other jurisdictions most likely to see marriage equality next as well as places where marriage equality has become a high profile topic last update august 19 2026 bolivia in march 2023 bolivia s constitutional court legalized same sex free unions that carry all the rights and obligations of marriage the reasoning of the ruling the language of bolivia s constitution and the interplay between the bolivian constitution and rulings of the inter american court of human rights suggest that if activists pursue marriage equality they should win that too bolivia is required to bring in marriage equality by the inter american court s 2017 marriage equality ruling and doubly required to do so because of the manner in which inter american court rulings are incorporated into the nation s constitution on aug 7 2026 a same sex couple was allowed to marry after a court ruling that applied only to them botswana six judges of botswana s high court heard a marriage equality case on july 14 15 2026 six british overseas territories nineteen uk associated jurisdictions have marriage equality england and wales 2014 akrotiri and dhekelia 2014 british indian ocean territory 2014 2015 scotland 2014 south georgia and the south sandwich islands 2014 pitcairn islands 2015 ascension island 2016 isle of man 2016 british antarctic territory 2016 gibraltar 2016 guernsey 2017 falkland islands 2017 tristan da cunha 2017 saint helena 2017 jersey 2018 alderney 2018 northern ireland 2020 and sark 2020 six british overseas territories do not have marriage equality anguilla bermuda british virgin islands cayman islands montserrat and turks and caicos islands bermuda had marriage equality in 2017 and again from 2018 to 2022 it was terminated on march 14 2022 by the court of final appeal the judicial committee of the privy council in the united kingdom the judgment is here the cayman islands had marriage equality for 13 days in 2019 it was blocked with finality on march 14 2022 by the court of final appeal the judicial committee of the privy council in the united kingdom the judgment is here the six remaining uk jurisdictions can still achieve marriage equality if their legislatures pass it if the uk government imposes it or possibly via the european court of human rights there is also a case from the british virgin islands before the eastern caribbean supreme court czech republic the chamber of deputies rejected marriage equality in february 2024 dutch caribbean overseas municipalities bonaire saba and sint eustatius and constituent countries aruba and curaçao have marriage equality constituent country sint maarten does not the netherlands was the first country in the world to bring in marriage equality in 2001 bonaire saba and sint eustatius got marriage equality in 2012 the dutch supreme court brought marriage equality to aruba and curaçao in 2024 el salvador there are multiple marriage equality lawsuits before the constitutional chamber of the supreme court of justice which is bound by the 2017 inter american court of human rights marriage equality ruling to rule for marriage equality in january 2020 justice aldo cáder said the court planned to rule before april 2020 in september 2021 president nayib bukele suggested he opposes marriage equality guatemala in march 2022 congress passed a bill that explicitly banned marriage for same sex couples contravening the november 2017 marriage equality ruling by the inter american court of human rights which is binding on guatemala two days later president alejandro giammattei said he would veto the bill if congress did not withdraw it because it was unconstitutional and violated international conventions guatemala is a party to four days later congress voted to archive the bill and not send it to giammattei s desk in july 2026 activists filed suit in the constitutional court to overturn the man woman definition of marriage honduras the constitution chamber of the supreme court of justice rejected marriage equality in january 2022 and several cases 1 2 3 have been taken to the inter american human rights system in 2017 the inter american court of human rights issued a marriage equality ruling binding on 20 nations including honduras twelve of the nations still have not brought in marriage equality hong kong in october 2019 the court of first instance of the high court of hong kong ruled against a lesbian who sued for access to marriage alleging that her constitutional rights to privacy and equality were being violated the court said the word marriage in hong kong law refers to heterosexual marriage and the case did not present sufficiently strong or compelling evidence for ruling otherwise it added that legislators should deal with recognizing same sex relationships in august 2019 single issue activist group hong kong marriage equality launched india on oct 17 2023 the supreme court of india declined to bring in marriage equality in a ruling that otherwise soared with lgbtqi friendly rhetoric the judgments kicked any decision on marriage equality to the nation s parliament the court added however that india s states are free to bring in marriage equality without a national law india has 28 states and 8 union territories jamaica in july 2019 a legal case was launched at the inter american commission on human rights seeking to bring marriage equality to jamaica it argues that jamaica s constitution is in violation of the american convention on human rights which the nation signed four decades ago in december 2022 the commission accepted the case japan the 15 member supreme court grand bench will hear six marriage equality lawsuits and issue a ruling possibly before the second quarter of 2027 in five of the cases high courts in sapporo tokyo fukuoka nagoya and osaka found the nation s same sex marriage ban unconstitutional same sex couples filed marriage equality lawsuits nationwide on valentine s day 2019 lithuania in april 2023 three couples sued the national government to force it to recognize and allow same sex marriages in march 2024 they decided to take their case to the european court of human rights mexico mexico achieved marriage equality state by state between march 2010 and october 2022 there is still a bit of clean up that needs to happen i have a detailed article here namibia in may 2023 namibia s supreme court ordered the government to recognize same sex marriages entered into abroad between a namibian and a foreigner the case centered on residency rights for two non namibian spouses panama the supreme court of justice rejected marriage equality in february 2023 the ruling directly contravenes the inter american court of human rights 2017 marriage equality ruling which is binding on panama and 19 other nations the court said the ruling indicates that there is a reality and that is up to now the right to marriage equality has not gone beyond being an aspiration that although legitimate for the groups involved does not have the category of a human right or fundamental right being that it lacks conventional and constitutional recognition peru in june 2022 the constitutional court rejected cases seeking registration of peruvian same sex couples marriages entered into in other countries the court reportedly said that bringing in marriage equality requires a change in the nation s constitution that it would be an abuse of the court s position to impose marriage equality that the ...