Relationship Recognition Timeline.
Every recorded change in the law, destination by destination.
- 1,086 Events
- 730 Destinations
- Since 1872
How to read this timeline
Each history starts with the first law that applied to the place, so it includes earlier states and colonial, imperial and religious law, not only today's government. A state or territory's events sit under that place.
History shows how the law got here. Today's scores follow the scoring matrix.
Every recorded event
1,086 events · 730 destinations
2020s100 of 446 events shown
2026
Bagmati, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Gandaki, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Karnali, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Koshi, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Lumbini, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Madhesh, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2026
Mauritius
Other legal eventAll identities
The Commission found the refusal to recognise same-sex unions discriminatory and urged recognition. (law applying here)
2026
Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights.
2026
Niger
IntroducedAll identities
The 2026 Penal Code made contracting a same-sex marriage an offence with 10 to 20 years' imprisonment.
2026
Sudurpashchim, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court directed the government to give same-sex couples full and equal marriage rights. (law applying here)
2025
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Andhra Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Assam, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Bihar, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Botswana
Other legal eventAll identities
Officials refused to register a same-sex couple's marriage, leading to a High Court challenge.
2025
Burkina Faso
IntroducedAll identities
The 2025 Code limits marriage to a man and a woman and prohibits homosexuality.
2025
Cayman Islands
Court judgmentAll identities
The Privy Council dismissed the challenge to the Governor's power to enact the Civil Partnership Law 2020, so civil partnerships remain in force.
2025
Chandigarh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Chhattisgarh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Colorado, United States
RepealedAll identities
Repealed the statutory definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
2025
Czechia
IntroducedAll identities
Czechia replaced registered partnership with a partnership that carries most marriage rights from 1 January 2025.
2025
Czechia
Other legal event
Official guidance states that a gender change ends a marriage or partnership.
2025
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Delhi, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Goa, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Grenada
AmendedAll identities
The 2025 amendment to the Marriage Act did not open marriage to same-sex couples or create a partnership.
2025
Guanajuato, Mexico
AmendedAll identities
The Congress defined marriage as a union of two people regardless of sex and replaced references to man and woman with spouses.
2025
Gujarat, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Haryana, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Himachal Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Jammu and Kashmir, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Japan
Policy changedAll identities
The government treated same-sex couples as de facto partners under 24 laws and ordinances in January 2025 and nine more in September 2025.
2025
Jharkhand, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Karnataka, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Kerala, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Ladakh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Lakshadweep, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Liechtenstein
IntroducedAll identities
Liechtenstein opened marriage to same-sex couples on 1 January 2025; registered partnership (since 2011) remains.
2025
Lithuania
Court judgmentAll identities
The Constitutional Court held that limiting partnership to opposite-sex couples is unconstitutional and that same-sex couples can exercise partnership rights through the courts.
2025
Madhya Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Maharashtra, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Manipur, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Meghalaya, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Mizoram, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Nagaland, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Odisha, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Puducherry, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Punjab, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Rajasthan, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Sikkim, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Slovakia
AmendedAll identities
Slovakia reinforced the constitutional definition of marriage and recognised only two sexes, from 1 November 2025.
2025
Suriname
IntroducedAll identities
The new Civil Code entered into force without a partnership for any couple but with gender-neutral rights for unmarried cohabitants when the relationship ends.
2025
Tamil Nadu, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Telangana, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
2025
Tripura, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Uttar Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
Uttarakhand, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2025
West Bengal, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court dismissed the review petitions on 9 January 2025. (law applying here)
2024
Aruba
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the Joint Court's opening of marriage to same-sex couples in Aruba.
2024
California, United States
RepealedAll identities
Voters repealed the 2008 constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
2024
Chiapas, Mexico
AmendedAll identities
The Chiapas Congress wrote marriage of two people of any sex into the Civil Code.
2024
Colorado, United States
RepealedAll identities
Voters removed the 2006 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
2024
Curaçao
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld the Joint Court's opening of marriage to same-sex couples in Curaçao.
2024
2024
Gabon
IntroducedAll identities
The 2024 Constitution defines marriage as a union between two persons of opposite sex.
2024
Georgia
IntroducedAll identities
The 2024 law restated marriage as a union of a man and a woman and banned same-sex unions and alternative unions.
2024
Ghana
Other legal eventAll identities
Parliament passed the bill but it did not receive presidential assent and lapsed.
2024
2024
Hawai'i
RepealedAll identities
Voters removed the legislature's power to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.
2024
Italy
Court judgment
The Constitutional Court held comma 26 unconstitutional so far as it gave no suspension of the dissolution of a civil union where the partners intend to marry after a gender change.
2024
Japan
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court held that a same-sex partner can count as a de facto spouse for survivor benefits under the crime victims law.
2024
Latvia
IntroducedAll identities
Latvia introduced notarial partnership registration for any two adults from 1 July 2024.
2024
Lesotho
IntroducedAll identities
The 2024 inheritance law kept marriage-based intestacy rules that exclude same-sex couples.
2024
Montserrat
AmendedAll identities
The 2024 amendment to the Marriage Act did not open marriage to same-sex couples or create a partnership.
2024
South Korea
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling that same-sex partners must receive health insurance dependant benefits.
2024
Uganda
Court judgmentAll identities
The Constitutional Court upheld the Act except for four provisions; section 10 was not among them.
2024
Vanuatu
AmendedAll identities
Vanuatu amended its Marriage Act to define marriage as the union of a male and female.
2023
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
IntroducedAll identities
The Executive Regulation requires a civil marriage to be between a male and a female. (law applying here)
2023
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
IntroducedAll identities
The Executive Regulation requires a civil marriage to be between a male and a female. (law applying here)
2023
Altai Krai, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Altai Republic, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Amur Oblast, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Andhra Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Andorra
IntroducedAll identities
Andorra opened civil marriage to same-sex couples in February 2023 and converted civil unions into marriages.
2023
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Assam, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Bagmati, Nepal
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court ordered a separate temporary register for same-sex marriages. (law applying here)
2023
Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Bihar, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Bryansk Oblast, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
2023
Bulgaria
Court judgmentAll identities
The European Court of Human Rights held that Bulgaria breached article 8 by giving same-sex couples no legal recognition.
2023
Central African Republic
IntroducedAll identities
The 2023 Constitution limits the right to marry to a person of the opposite sex.
2023
Chad
Other legal eventAll identities
The 2023 Constitution was adopted without defining marriage; the draft family code remains pending.
2023
Chandigarh, India
Court judgmentAll identities
The Supreme Court declined to read the Special Marriage Act as gender-neutral and held there is no fundamental right to marry. (law applying here)
2023
Chechen Republic, Russia
Amended
A change of a spouse's sex record now ends the marriage. (national law applying here)
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