In Liechtenstein, the parliament voted to legalize marriage equality, and so making it the 22nd country in Europe to do so.
LGBTQIA partnerships are legally recognized in Liechtenstein since 2011, giving them some of the same rights as married heterosexual couples. And while its monarch, Prince Hans-Adam II, voiced support for marriage equality, he opposes granting LGBTQIA couples the right to adopt, although the government still allowed this in 2023 following a ruling by the country’s constitutional court.
The marriage law amendment will come into effect in the Alpine nation of fewer than 40,000 people on January 1, 2025.
Already, Germany, Austria and Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage in 2017, 2019 and 2022, respectively.
