New rules for Swiss same-sex couples

Switzerland legalized same-sex marriage; it was one of the last countries in Western Europe to change the laws.

Last September (2021), voters approved the change with nearly two-thirds of the vote, and the law finally took effect. According to some officials, the law told society that anyone was free to love and be loved.

For same-sex couples, July 1 was the day visibility and for same-sex marriage to be a normality. In Switzerland in 2007, same-sex couples won the right to have civil partnerships; however, they didn’t have the same rights as heterosexual couples.

The new law gives same-sex couples the rights for joint adoption and for lesbian couples to access sperm donations. Same-sex couples didn’t have these rights in the past, and single people still don’t have them.