Same-sex marriage in Argentina Same-sex marriage in Argentina Same-sex marriage in Argentina has been legal since July 22, 2010. Argentina was the first country in Latin America, the second in the Americas, and the second in the Southern Hemisphere to allow same-sex marriage nationwide. It was the tenth country worldwide to allow same-sex marriage. In the first decade of the 21st century, civil unions ( or "unión convivencial") were made legal in four jurisdictions in Argentina: the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (2002), the province of Río Negro (2003), the city of Villa Carlos Paz (2007), and the city of Río Cuarto (2009). Civil
Same-sex marriage same-sex marriage. The same legislation also legalised same-sex marriage in all of Australia's external territories. Since 1 January 2010, same-sex couples have been allowed to enter registered partnerships ("Eingetragene Partnerschaft"). On 20 November 2013, the Greens introduced a bill in the Austrian Parliament that would legalise same-sex marriage. It was sent to the Judiciary Committee on 17 December 2013. The bill was supposed to be debated in Autumn 2014, but was delayed by the ruling coalition. In December 2015, the Vienna Administrative Court dismissed a case challenging the same-sex marriage ban. The plaintiffs appealed to the Constitutional Court. On 12