Same-sex marriage 2010 upon promulgation by the Argentine President. Argentina thus became the first country in Latin America, the second in the Americas, and the tenth in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Australia became the second nation in Oceania to legalise same-sex marriage when the Australian Parliament passed a bill on 7 December 2017. The bill received royal assent on 8 December, and took effect on 9 December 2017. The law removed the ban on same-sex marriage which previously existed and followed a voluntary postal survey held from 12 September to 7 November 2017, which returned a 61.6% "Yes" vote for
Same-sex marriage in Taiwan partners, though the rights afforded by such registrations are less than marriage. Following the Constitutional Court ruling, progress on implementing the law was stalled due to inaction from the Government. In November 2018, the Taiwanese electorate voted against changing the Civil Code to allow for same-sex marriage. However, the Government has confirmed that the ruling will go into effect regardless of the referendum results, by the drawing up of a separate law to legalise same-sex marriage instead of amending the Civil Code. As of 3 July 2017, same-sex couples can legally register their partnerships (Taiwanese Mandarin: 同性伴侶註記作業) in 18 of