Is same-sex marriage legal in Brazil?
Marriage legal
Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Brazil is one of 56 countries classified “Marriage legal” for same-sex marriage — 36% of the 154 with data. (Also searched as gay marriage.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Bolivia
- Not recognized Same-sex unions have no legal recognition, and marriage is constitutionally or statutorily barred.
- Suriname
- Not recognized Suriname recognizes specific foreign marriages via court order but does not perform them domestically.
- Paraguay
- Not recognized Same-sex unions have no legal recognition; de facto unions are constitutionally barred.
- Peru
- Not recognized Peru offers limited recognition for specific workers but no general same-sex union recognition.
- Venezuela
- Not recognized Same-sex unions have no legal recognition; de facto unions are constitutionally barred.
- Colombia
- Marriage legal Same-sex marriage is legally performed and recognized.
Other laws in Brazil
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Age of Consent
- 14–15
- Sex Work
- Decriminalized / unregulated
- Divorce
- Legal
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Limited recognition
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Joint adoption legal
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.