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What are the countries that legalize homosexuality in the world?

1. Denmark: the first European country to recognize the legal status of same-sex partner cohabitation.

2. Norway: after Denmark, it adopted its own corresponding legislation on April 30, 1993, which was implemented on August 1.

3. Sweden: adopted on June 23, 1994 and implemented on New Year's day, 1995.

4. Iceland: adopted on June 12, 1996, implemented on June 27 of the same year.

5. The Netherlands: on January 1, 1998, the family partner law of the Netherlands came into force.

Belgium: on June 22, 2001, the Belgian Council of Ministers adopted a draft law, stipulating that marriage in Belgium in the future does not have to be a combination of the opposite sex, and marriage may also be composed of two men or two women. The passage of the bill made Belgium the second European country to allow same-sex marriage after the Netherlands.

7. Some parts of Spain: the parliament of Catalonia autonomous region passed the law of stable cohabitation on June 30, 1998, recognizing the legal status of cohabitation between the same sex and the opposite sex. On 12 March 1999, the province of Aragon adopted a similar law on non marital partners.

8. Canada is the fourth country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage after Spain. South Africa also officially recognized the legality of same-sex marriage in 2006.

9. Germany: on November 10, 2000, the Federal Parliament of Germany passed the "gesetzzuringentragenlebenspartnerschaft" law on the registration of homosexuals as living partners, which is called the "same sex marriage law" for short. Under this law, same-sex couples can be registered as' life partners' in the marriage registry, whose social and legal status is similar to that of traditional heterosexual marriages. The law came into force on 1 August 2001.

10. France: in January 2000, the French government promulgated and implemented the mutual aid contract of citizens, which stipulates that 'cohabiting partner' can register a new family relationship.

11. Finland: in October 2001, the Finnish parliament passed a bill allowing homosexuals to register as partners, which came into force on March 1, 2002.

In addition, Iceland, Brazil, Czechoslovakia and other countries also protect the legal rights of same-sex partners to varying degrees.