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===== Same-sex marriage =====
{{as of|2023}}, same-sex marriages are recognized in the [[Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands|Netherlands]], [[Same-sex marriage in Belgium|Belgium]], [[Same-sex marriage in Spain|Spain]], [[Same-sex marriage in Canada|Canada]], [[Same-sex marriage in South Africa|South Africa]], [[Same-sex marriage in Norway|Norway]], [[Same-sex marriage in Sweden|Sweden]], [[Same-sex marriage in Portugal|Portugal]], [[Same-sex marriage in Iceland|Iceland]], [[Same-sex marriage in Argentina|Argentina]], [[Same-sex marriage in Mexico|Mexico]], [[Same-sex marriage in Denmark|Denmark]], [[Same-sex marriage in Brazil|Brazil]], [[Same-sex marriage in France|France]], [[Same-sex marriage in Uruguay|Uruguay]], [[Same-sex marriage in New Zealand|New Zealand]], [[Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom|the United Kingdom]], [[Same-sex marriage in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]], [[Same-sex marriage in Ireland|Ireland]], [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|the United States]], [[Same-sex marriage in Colombia|Colombia]], [[Same-sex marriage in Finland|Finland]], [[Same-sex marriage in Germany|Germany]], [[Same-sex marriage in Malta|Malta]], [[Same-sex marriage in Australia|Australia]], [[Same-sex marriage in Austria|Austria]], [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|Taiwan]], [[Same-sex marriage in Ecuador|Ecuador]], [[Same-sex marriage in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]], [[Same-sex marriage in Switzerland|Switzerland]], [[Same-sex marriage in Chile|Chile]], [[Same-sex marriage in Slovenia|Slovenia]], [[Same-sex marriage in Cuba|Cuba]], and [[Same-sex marriage in Andorra|Andorra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Marriage Equality Around the World |url=https://www.hrc.org/resources/marriage-equality-around-the-world |website=Human Rights Campaign |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref>
The Netherlands was the first country to allow [[same-sex marriage]] in 2001. Following with Belgium in 2003 and Spain and Canada in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/same-sex-marriage-in-canada/|title=Same-Sex Marriage in Canada|first=Margrit|last=Eichler}}</ref> South Africa became the first African nation to legalize same-sex marriage in 2006, and is currently the only African nation where same-sex marriage is legal.<ref name="ESFFoundingRelease">{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringspirits.org/PRDocServer/Passage_of_NH_Marriage_Equality_Bill_060309.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722160745/http://www.empoweringspirits.org/PRDocServer/Passage_of_NH_Marriage_Equality_Bill_060309.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |title=Empowering Spirits Foundation Applauds Passage of NH Marriage Equality Bill |publisher=Empowering Spirits Foundation Press Release |date=June 3, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="toesland2017">{{cite magazine|last1=Toesland |first1=Finbarr |title=Fighting for LGBT Rights in Nigeria |url=https://pocketmags.com/us/diva-magazine/april-2017/articles/89420/fighting-for-lgbt-rights-in-nigeria |access-date=November 12, 2018 |magazine=DIVA Magazine |date=April 2017}}</ref> Despite this uptick in tolerance of the LGBT community in South Africa, so-called corrective rapes have become prevalent in response, primarily targeting the poorer women who live in townships and those who have no recourse in responding to the crimes because of the notable lack of police presence and prejudice they may face for reporting assaults.<ref name="toesland2017"/>
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