In May, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that gay civil unions deserved greater legal recognition. Then in June, a Brazilian state court allowed two men to legally upgrade their civil union into a full marriage. And now Brazil’s Supreme appeals court has ruled that two women can legally marry. Parabéns!
If the ruling holds then they’ll join Mexico City and Argentina as the only South Latin American places where LGBTs can tie the knot. Honeymoon in Rio—that place is hot as balls!
Mark
Seriously? Mexico City isn’t in South America… still, though, as a Brazilian-American, this makes me very happy!
ChrisC
Wow! Amazing news! Congrats to all of Brazils LGBTs!
PS: Mexico is in North America. lol.
Frank
Mexico City is not a country…and Mexico is in North America…someone needs to learn at least how to use Wikipedia
Robert in NYC
Queerty, get your facts right. This doesn’t mean that Brazil will have marriage equality across the country at all. Several couples so far have been granted the right to marry but it has NOT been extended to the entire country, yet and hasn’t been legislated for all gays to have the right to marry.
Jo
@Frank: Thank you! Google is your friend people!!!
Guss
@Frank: No, but same sex marriage is not legal in all of Mexico, just Mexico City.
Arik
Mexico is part of North American, but its also part of Latin America
“Latin America (Spanish: América Latina or Latinoamérica; Portuguese: América Latina; French: Amérique latine) is a region of the Americas where Romance languages (i.e., those derived from Latin) – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken.”
Dan
@Gus: No, Mexico City is where marriage equality is performed, but the Mexican Supreme Court ruled it is recognized nationwide
Mark Moscow
Mexico City in North America. Not in South.