Chile couples' joy as first same-sex marriages held

Source: BBC

Chile couples' joy as first same-sex marriages held

By Jane Chambers
Santiago, Chile

10 March 2022

Consuelo Morales Aros, 38, and her partner Pabla Heuser Amaya are overjoyed.

The two women, who have been together for 16 years, were among the first to tie the knot in Chile on Thursday after a landmark law came into effect allowing same-sex marriages.

Same-sex couples have been able to enter into civil unions in the overwhelmingly Catholic country since 2015.

But while being in a civil union meant that same-sex couples had more legal benefits than before, those benefits fell short of those afforded to married couples, especially in relation to children and their care.

Consuelo says she and Pabla are getting married for the sake of their two-year-old daughter Josefa.

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Consuelo Morales and Pabla Heuser were among the first same-sex couples to get married (Courtesy Fundación Iguales)