{"id":173579,"date":"2026-06-09T12:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=173579"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:08:45","slug":"same-sex-marriage-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/education-and-humanism\/same-sex-marriage-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Same-Sex Marriage Still Loses Rights When Crossing Borders in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For several years now, countries such as Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil have legally recognized <strong>same-sex marriage<\/strong>. But that recognition is not consistent across Latin America. As a result, <a href=\"\/en\/human-social\/improving-medical-care-towards-the-lgbtiqa-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">same-sex couples<\/a> may lose legal recognition of their relationship when moving to another country in the region, <strong>affecting the human and civil rights associated with marriage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers at Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey have published a study examining the regulation of same-sex marriage in 20 Latin American countries. Their work documents a phenomenon they call <strong>\u201cmultijurisdictionality\u201d<\/strong> and describes the different ways legal systems recognize this institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study, titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/revistas.pj.gob.pe\/revista\/index.php\/lj\/article\/view\/1378\/1742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Multijurisdictionality of (Same-Sex) Marriage in Latin America: Heteronormativity, Sexual Orientation as a Protected Category<\/a><\/em>, and Inter-American Court Standards, was conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.tec.mx\/vivo-tec\/display\/PID_128571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ar\u00e1n Garc\u00eda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.tec.mx\/vivo-tec\/display\/PID_209172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Luis Fernando Flores<\/a>, researchers at the <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/school-of-social-sciences-and-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Social Sciences and Government<\/a> on the <a href=\"\/es\/tag\/campus-puebla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Puebla<\/a> and <a href=\"\/es\/tag\/campus-queretaro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quer\u00e9taro<\/a> campuses, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project grew out of <strong>earlier research on same-sex marriage in Mexico<\/strong>, at a time when some states legally recognized it while others did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe live in a globalized world,\u201d Garc\u00eda explains. \u201cOnce the issue was <strong>largely settled in the country<\/strong>, we decided to broaden our perspective to Latin America and investigate how civil, family, and human rights operate in a context of multijurisdictionality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uneven Standards for Same-Sex Marriage Create Geographic Fragmentation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers compared how each country defines and applies marriage, as well as the differences among their legal frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMultijurisdictionality allows us to see how the same legal institution can be understood and regulated in different ways depending on the country,\u201d says Flores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the study, the researchers analyzed each country\u2019s constitutions, civil codes, and family laws. They also reviewed national court rulings and decisions issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). In 2012, following the<em> Atala Riffo v. Chile case<\/em>, the Court recognized sexual orientation as a protected category against discrimination. Later, through Advisory Opinion OC-24\/17, it reinforced the principles of equality and non-discrimination for same-sex couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Atala Riffo and Daughters v. Chile<\/em> case became a landmark precedent for the region. In 2012, the IACHR ruled that the Chilean state had discriminated against Karen Atala by <strong>stripping her of custody of her three daughters because of her sexual orientation<\/strong>. The Court also found that the children themselves had been discriminated against, as authorities considered factors that would not have been taken into account in a custody dispute involving heterosexual parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although countries in the region are part of the same human rights system, <strong>the implementation of these standards remains uneven<\/strong>, creating a form of geographic fragmentation, Flores says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/aran-garcia.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/aran-garcia.webp 400w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/aran-garcia-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/aran-garcia-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ar\u00e1n Garc\u00eda of Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey\u2019s Puebla campus has 21 years of academic experience in the fields of civil and family law. (Photo: Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Rights Cross Borders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The researchers also developed a <strong>statistical snapshot of Latin America to better understand how marriage functions across the region<\/strong>. To do so, they used marriage data from 20 countries and analyzed the number of marriages performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on this information and their review of legal frameworks, the researchers identified <strong>three groups of countries in Latin America<\/strong>: those that recognize same-sex marriage, those that prohibit it, and those that do not provide an explicit definition of the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first group consists of nine countries that fully recognize same-sex marriage and record thousands of such unions each year, including <strong>Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, and Uruguay<\/strong>. In 2023, Brazil registered roughly 11,000 same-sex marriages, while Mexico reported more than 6,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><picture>\r\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-1024x1024.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/same-sex-marriage-quotes.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\r\n            <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A second group is made up of <strong>10 countries that continue to impose restrictions<\/strong> on the legal recognition of these marriages, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third group consists of <strong>Bolivia<\/strong>, a country that occupies a middle ground. Although it does not fully recognize same-sex marriage, it does provide other forms of legal partnership for same-sex couples, such as civil unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the researchers, these regulatory differences are particularly significant in a region characterized by high levels of <strong>human mobility<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/LuisFernandoFloresChavez.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/LuisFernandoFloresChavez.webp 200w, https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2026\/06\/LuisFernandoFloresChavez-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Luis Fernando Flores is also the Incoming Director of the School of Social Sciences and Government at Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey\u2019s Quer\u00e9taro campus. (Photo: Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ten Countries Still Present Obstacles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, a couple married in a country that recognizes same-sex marriage <strong>may encounter obstacles if they move to another nation<\/strong> where that institution does not exist or lacks the same level of legal protection. These challenges can affect the recognition of marital status, access to spousal benefits, social security coverage, inheritance rights, and even decision-making in medical emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are no uniform outcomes, and this <strong>legal fragmentation<\/strong> exists\u2014first, in some cases within countries themselves, and in others across Latin America as a whole,\u201d Flores explains. \u201cIt is difficult to understand why countries maintain such different regulatory approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the researchers, one of the main drivers of this fragmentation is the persistence of heteronormativity in Latin American legislation. In other words, <strong>marriage is still widely conceived as a union between a man and a woman<\/strong> and, in many cases, is closely tied to procreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Garc\u00eda notes that the legal frameworks of some countries that have not recognized same-sex marriage reflect <strong>historical and traditional views of the family<\/strong>, shaped by cultural, religious, and moral factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these regulatory differences, Garc\u00eda believes the coming years could bring change through legislative reforms, political commitment, and the efforts of social actors advocating for the recognition of these rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sexual orientation is already recognized as a protected category against discrimination, and rulings by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights have promoted a broader and more inclusive understanding of family. This has helped build a legal framework that supports the recognition of same-sex couples\u2019 rights across Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe same circumstances and conditions that unfolded in Mexico <strong>will eventually occur throughout the Latin American system<\/strong>,\u201d the researcher says. \u201cI don\u2019t know when, and I don\u2019t know whether I\u2019ll live to see it, but it will happen sooner or later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Did you find this story interesting? Would you like to publish it? Contact our content editor for more information:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:marianaleonm@tec.mx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">marianaleonm@tec.mx<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey analyzed differences among Latin American legal systems regarding marriage between two people of the same sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":173581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[372],"class_list":["post-173579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-and-humanism","tag-school-of-social-sciences-and-government"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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