The exact-intercourse relationship was previously legal in 12 states and the Federal District.
Same-intercourse marriages have been presently offered in six other Brazilian states and in the country's Federal District. 7 March: The Court of Justice of the Brazilian condition of Ceará principles, from fifteen March on, that notaries statewide are necessary to perform exact same-sexual intercourse marriages.

ten October: The Court of Justice of the Brazilian point out of Bahia extends relationship to identical-sex couples. 15 December: The Court of Justice of the Brazilian state of Piauí extends relationship to very same-sexual intercourse partners. seven December: The Court of Justice of the Brazilian condition of Alagoas extends marriage to very same-sexual intercourse couples.
eighteen December: The Court of Justice of the Brazilian state of São Paulo legalizes exact same-sex relationship. 14 May: The Justice's National Council of Brazil legalizes exact same-intercourse relationship in the entire country by a 14-1 vote, producing Brazil the 3rd country in South America, immediately after Argentina and Uruguay, and fifteenth in the earth to legalize exact same-sexual intercourse relationship nationwide.
fourteen May: Governor Mark Dayton from the U.S. two May: Governor Lincoln Chafee from the U.S.