Cost Rica Allows Same-Gender Marriage

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Costa Rica hasn’t always been a friend to the LGBTQ population; in fact, they even had a same-gender marriage ban in place. Now the ban has been overturned, allowing people to marry who they love.

According to New Now Next, legislators now have 18 months to change marriage law and grant same-gender couples the right to marry. If they don’t act on it, the ban against marriage will still automatically dissolve.

The decision comes from a ruling issued this past January by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Even though many legislators oppose this change, and a lot of Costa Ricans are evangelicals, the ruling still stands.

This is awesome news for queer folks in Costa Rica, as well as their tourism, as more same-gender couples will be flocking to this sunny paradise to tie the knot. Congrats!

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Addison Herron-Wheeler

Addison Herron-Wheeler is OUT FRONT's co-publisher and editor-in-chief and friend to dogs everywhere. She enjoys long walks in the darkness away from any sources of sunlight, rainy days, and painfully dry comedy. She also covers cannabis and heavy metal, and is author of Wicked Woman: Women in Metal from the 1960s to Now and Respirator, a short story collection.