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23 Jan 2025
Thailand became the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.
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15 Feb 2024
Greece legalized same-sex marriage and adoption, becoming the first Orthodox Christian Country to do so.
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1 Jan 2019
Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.
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5 Feb 2013
The House of Commons voted in favor of same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
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9 May 2012
President Barack Obama officially declared his support of same-sex marriage.
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1 May 2009
Same-sex marriage was legalized in Sweden.
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16 Jun 2008
The state of California began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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15 May 2008
The California Supreme Court ruled that the state ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.
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21 Dec 2005
Elton John and his partner David Furnish registered their civil partnership at Windsor Town Hall on the first day civil partnerships could legally be performed in England.
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30 Jun 2005
Spain legalized same-sex marriage.
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1 Feb 2005
The Civil Marriage Act was introduced, making same-sex marriage legal in Canada.
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17 May 2004
Massachusetts became the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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1 Apr 2001
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to allow same-sex marriage.
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8 Jun 1984
New South Wales, Australia, celebrated the first day of homosexuality being legal.
