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Graphic Truth: Same-sex marriage around the world
LGBTQ+ rights remain far from equal around the world. As of 2025, only 38 of the 195 countries globally recognize same-sex marriage. While some nations are changing course — Liechtenstein and Thailand both legalized same-sex marriage this year — others are moving in the opposite direction, enacting discriminatory laws that target LGBTQ+ communities. In the United States, state-level lawmakers in Oklahoma are pushing to restrict transgender rights and challenge the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage. Meanwhile in Uganda, the Constitutional Court last year upheld an anti-gay law – initially signed in 2023 – that includes the death penalty for certain homosexual activity, underscoring the legal challenges that LGBTQ+ individuals face in certain countries across the globe.