The first same-sex couples have started to get married in Chile after the country’s landmark equality law finally came into effect.
On 7 December, both Chile’s Senate and lower house of parliament voted heavily in favour of the legislation. The law had been stalled by Congress since 2017, with same-sex couples being allowed to enter into a civil union since 2015.
It has now finally come into effect after being signed into law by current President Sebastian Piñera, much to the shock of the Catholic Church.
Javier Silva and Jaime Nazar were the first couple to get hitched on 10 March, tying the knot together in the Civil Registry of Providencia of Santiago, the capital of Chile.