Are gay marriages legal in italy

Italy and Japan are the only G7 nations where same-sex marriages are not recognized. [9] In Italy both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since , when a new penal code was promulgated. A civil union law was passed in May , providing same-sex couples with all of the rights of marriage except for joint adoption rights.

Chiles president bachelet sends gay marriage

The Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, has introduced a bill to legalize gay marriage, a move that follows a string of liberal reforms in one of Latin America’s most conservative nations. In , Chile’s Congress approved same-sex civil unions after years of legislative wrangling. In March, Bachelet, a centre-left politician, pledged to send a full marriage.