These are the 38 countries that have legalized marriage equality (in order)
To date, only 38 nations allow same-sex couples to marry, and none of them did before 2001.
MARCH 19, 2025
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Get to Know Cuba's Santa Mariela
Mariela Castro, the Cuban president’s daughter, has made the country safe for LGBT people on the island. Now that Americans hope to visit more freely, what’s next?
JULY 10, 2015
Cuba Holds First Transgender Religious Ceremony
Friday marked the first time a trans pastor held a Holy Communion in Cuba, highlighting the modest progress of LGBT acceptance in the Communist-ruled country.
MAY 8, 2017
Antigay Russian Neo-Nazi Arrested in Cuba
Homophobic, violent neo-Nazi Maxim Martsinkevich was arrested in Cuba over the weekend and will be extradited to Russia to face charges of extremism.
JANUARY 21, 2014
Cuba Turns Away LGBTQ Journalist Upon Arrival
Michael Lavers arrived shortly after Cuba cancelled marches to honor International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
MAY 9, 2019
Unpacking Cuba's Impressive Gay Scene, HIV Education
Phill Wilson, the president of the Black AIDS Institute, says we can take many lessons from how Cuba treats its LGBT and HIV-positive citizens.
MARCH 30, 2016
LGBTQ+ cruise rescues 11 refugees adrift in the Gulf of Mexico
Video footage from the ship shows a yellow rescue boat traveling between the refugees’ vessel and the cruise ship, bringing them aboard Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas in small groups.
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FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Setback for Marriage Equality in Cuba
A broad swath of the public rejected changing the Constitution to allow same-sex couples to wed.
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Cuba Prepares to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
It's a huge change from the beginning of the Castro era.
JULY 23, 2018
Watch Mariela Castro Confront Cuba's Bigotry (Video)
The niece of Fidel Castro takes on Cuba's dark history of homophobia in this powerful HBO documentary.
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Mariela Castro Points to Progress on LGBT Rights in Cuba
At the Equality Forum in Philadelphia, she emphasized the work she and others are doing to improve conditions for LGBT people in the nation.
MAY 5, 2013
Photos: Cuba Libre
Kevin Slack's Cuba is free of sexual categories, and free of many of the restraints and inhibitions of its neighbor to the north.
MAY 18, 2013
Cuba: The New Gay Paradise?
Chris Verdugo, the head of Gay Men's Chorus LA, tells us why Cubans are some of the happiest people in the world.
MARCH 30, 2016
Cuba Legalizes Marriage Equality in Historic Referendum
The new family code extends greater protection to women, children, and the elderly, as well as allowing LGBTQ+ couples to marry and adopt children.
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Mariela Castro Calls for Marriage Equality in Cuba
Castro, a longtime LGBT rights activist, said she'll make her push during Cuba's constitutional reform process.
MAY 5, 2018
Obama Addresses 'Gay Rights' in Cuba Speech
The U.S. president cited equality for historically disadvantaged groups as one of the "enormous gains" of democracy.
MARCH 22, 2016
