11. Denmark: June 15, 2012
In 1989, Denmark was the first country in the world to give gay and lesbian couples the same legal rights and protections provided by marriage through registered partnerships. However, in 2012, a gender-neutral marriage bill extended this “separate but equal” idea to full marriage equality through either civil registry or the Church of Denmark.
12. Brazil: May 14, 2013
A few years after Argentina, Brazil became the next of the Latin American countries that have marriage equality, giving same-sex partners the same social and financial rights as opposite-sex partners. The decision was approved 10 to 0 by Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.
