Relationship Recognition Abroad
Same-Sex Marriage
7 countries recognize same-sex marriage. They are:
- Canada
- Belgium
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
For more information, see “International Marriage Rights.”
Registered & Domestic Partnerships
At least 20 countries grant same-sex partners the right to assume a range of important rights, protections and obligations. They are:
- Columbia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Finland
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- France
- Germany
- Greenland
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Israel
- Malta
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Portugal
- Slovenia
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom (except for Scotland)
The nature of the arrangements and rights provided vary from country to country. Some countries limit the relationships to same-sex couples while others afford opposite-couples the same opportunities.