Same-sex marriage

Thailand is the first South East Asian country and the third Asian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage, after Nepal and Taiwan.

In 2022, activist Friedel Dausab launched legal action challenging Namibia’s ban on gay sex. The High Court has decriminalised it.

It’s the first time a South East Asian country has passed marriage equality laws.

The United Methodist Church voted 692-51 to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy in its churches.

Couples in Sapporo’s High Court argued the same-sex marriage ban breached Japanese laws on equality, and is unconstitutional.

Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian nation to pass laws to allow marriage between same-sex couples.

The Vatican has ruled that priests can bless same-sex couples, saying the Catholic Church should welcome “all who approach God”.