Same-sex marriage in Chile

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Chile since 10 March 2022.[1][2] In June 2021, President Sebastián Piñera announced that his government would sponsor a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.[3][4] The Senate of Chile passed the legislation on 21 July 2021, and the Chamber of Deputies gave its approval on 23 November 2021. Disagreements on some aspects of the bill led to the formation of a mixed commission to discuss it. Both chambers of the National Congress approved an identical version of the bill on 7 December 2021.[5][6] President Piñera signed the legislation into law on 9 December,[7] and it was published in the Diario Oficial de la República de Chile on 10 December. The law took effect 90 days later, with the first same-sex marriages taking place on 10 March 2022.[8] Chile was the sixth country in South America and the 29th in the world to allow same-sex couples to marry.[9]

Chile had previously recognized same-sex couples in the form of civil unions only. Civil unions, known as acuerdo de unión civil (AUC) in Spanish, are offered to all couples regardless of sexual orientation, providing some, but not all, of the rights of marriage. The first civil unions were registered on 22 October 2015.

  1. ^ "Ley número 21.400.- Modifica diversos cuerpos legales para regular, en igualdad de condiciones, el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo" (PDF). Diario Oficial de la República de Chile. 2021-12-10. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  2. ^ Chambers, Jane (10 March 2022). "Chile couples' joy as first same-sex marriages held". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Chile's Pinera to push same-sex marriage bill long stuck in Congress". Reuters. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. ^ Jara, Alejandra; Soto, Claudia (2021-06-01). "Piñera anuncia urgencia a proyecto de matrimonio igualitario: "Debemos profundizar sobre el valor de la libertad, incluyendo la libertad de amar"". La Tercera. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  5. ^ Bonnefoy, Pascale; Londoño, Ernesto (2021-12-07). "Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage at Fraught Political Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  6. ^ Fuentes, Valentina (2021-12-07). "Chile Legalizes Gay Marriage in Landmark Vote Ahead of Elections". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  7. ^ "Presidente Piñera promulga Ley de Matrimonio Igualitario: "Es un día histórico"". T13. 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  8. ^ "Avanza un proyecto que permite el matrimonio igualitario en Chile". cnnespanol.cnn.com/. CNN en Español. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021. De ser aprobada en el Senado, la ley comenzará a regir noventa días después de su publicación en el Diario Oficial.
  9. ^ "Same-Sex Marriage Around the World". Pew Research Center. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

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