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Same-sex marriage has been legal in Argentina since July 22, 2010. A bill to legalize same-sex marriage was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on May 5, 2010, and by the Senate on July 15. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave her assent on July 21, and the law went into effect the following day.
Argentina was the first country in South America and Latin America, the second in the Americas, the second in the Hispanic world, and the second in the Southern Hemisphere to legalize same-sex marriage.[1] It was the tenth country worldwide to do so.[2] Civil unions have also been available nationwide since 2015, providing some of the rights and benefits of marriage.