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Where is gay marriage legal?

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Updated August 17, 2025

Since the current Supreme Court overturn of Roe v. Wade, and specifically based on Clarence Thomas’s opinion in the decision, many Americans are looking to a future without some of the rights we have now. One of those is the national right to same-sex marriage, legalized in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015. Another even more harrowing possibility is the overturning of Lawrence V. Texas, the 2003 ruling that prevents states from criminalizing gay sex. Update: the Respect for Marriage Act was enacted to protect these.

Here’s how the rest of the world treats gay sex and marriage:

  • Armenia
  • Belarus
  • Bolivia
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Croatia
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dominican Republic
  • Georgia
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • Palau
  • Paraguay
  • Poland
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • South Sudan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Venezuela
  • Zimbabwe

  • Afghanistan
  • Algeria
  • Antigua & Barbuda
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Iran
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Occupied Palestinian Territory (Gaza Strip)
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Qatar
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Tunisia
  • Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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