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The Georgian Parliament Speaker signs into law a wide-ranging bill that bans gender transitioning and gender-affirming care, same-sex marriage and adoption, and depictions of LGBTQ+ people in media after the President refused to sign it, which chief European Union diplomat Josep Borrell states could prevent the nation's accession to the EU.
2024-10-3

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Chile is approved by both chambers of the National Congress.
2021-12-7

The European Court of Justice rules that EU countries that have not legalised same-sex marriage must still offer same-sex spouses the same residency rights as heterosexual couples under freedom of movement laws.
2018-06-5

Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk, is jailed for contempt of court for continuing to refuse, on grounds of religious freedom, to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples per U.S. District Judge David Bunning's August 12, 2015, order. The deputy clerks are ordered to issue these licenses.
2015-09-3

The parliament of Greenland unanimously votes to legalize same-sex marriage by 1 October, 2015.
2015-05-27

Same-sex marriage in Oregon becomes legal as a U.S. federal district court judge rules that the state's ban on such marriages violates equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2014-05-19

A campaign led by Peter Tatchell is to legally challenge Britain's ban on same-sex marriage and heterosexual civil partnerships; eight couples are to file applications for the illegal ceremonies.
2010-10-24

Argentina becomes the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage.
2010-07-15

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office apologises after "The Sunday Telegraph" obtains a "foolish" document calling for the upcoming September visit of Pope Benedict XVI to be marked by the launch of "Benedict-branded" condoms, the opening of an abortion clinic and the blessing of a same-sex marriage.
2010-04-25

The Portuguese parliament approves a bill to legalise same-sex marriage.
2010-01-8