"Oil-rich Venezuela once ranked as one of the wealthiest economies in the world, but it experienced an economic collapse that has resulted in widespread poverty. While the country has recently made headlines because of the U.S. president's recent invasion and kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, its LGBTQ+ community has long suffered - mostly out of the media spotlight - from a lack of legal protections."
"While consensual same-sex relations between adults are legal in Venezuela, same-sex couples have been persecuted in the country based on vague "decency" and "lewd conduct" ordinances. Venezuela doesn't offer legalized same-sex marriage. Article 77 of Venezuela's 1999 Constitution defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, thereby excluding same-sex marriage. In 2003, Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled that the government may introduce measures providing economic benefits to same-sex couples."
Venezuela experienced a severe economic collapse that produced widespread poverty. The LGBTQ+ community in Venezuela lacks comprehensive legal protections and often faces persecution under vague "decency" and "lewd conduct" ordinances. Consensual same-sex relations between adults are legal, but same-sex marriage is not recognized; Article 77 of the 1999 Constitution defines marriage as between a man and a woman. The Supreme Tribunal of Justice ruled in 2003 that the government may introduce economic benefits for same-sex couples but did not require it, and in 2008 stated the constitution neither prohibits nor requires recognition. A 2015 lawsuit challenged civil-code restrictions, with oral arguments heard in April 2016 but no subsequent ruling. Venezuela recognizes "stable unions" similar to common-law partnerships.
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