Infographic: Countries where gay marriage is legal

This week, Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize same-sex marriage. Last month, Iceland passed a gay marriage law in an unanimous vote.

Which country is next?

Infographic by good.is. See also: Equalitopia’s archive of LGBT infographics.

Iceland passes gay marriage law in unanimous vote (49-0)

In a unanimous vote, Iceland passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex couples to marry. In 2009, Iceland became the first country to elect an openly gay head of state.

fuckyeahlgbt reports:

Great news coming out of Iceland this month, as it became the ninth country in the world to offer full marriage equality to all its citizens! The parliamentary vote passed unanimously, 49 to 0, making Iceland join the ranks of Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden in legalizing same-sex marriage.

This is fantastic news, although I’m a little surprised it didn’t happen earlier. I mean, what with Björk and all.

Iceland also made international news in 2009 after electing Johanna Sigurdardottir, the world’s first gay leader.

(Image: Slap Upside The Head) 

Iceland likely to be next country to legalize gay marriage

Iceland is likely to be the next country to legalize gay marriage after the government introduced a gender-neutral marriage bill on March 23.

Carnal Nation reports that the bill was backed by Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland’s Prime Minister. Last year, Sigurðardóttir became the Prime Minister of Iceland and the world’s first openly LGBT head of government.

If approved, same-sex marriages could start as early as June 27.

(Photo: Reykjavik, Iceland Gay Pride 2008 by johann Smari)