The 18 Countries Where You Can Now (Or Soon) Get Hitched

From: Queerty

New Zealand

Top cities: Auckland, Wellington

Becomes law in: August 2013

Number of married gay couples: none yet

In August, New Zealand will become the first country in Oceania to sanction same-sex marriages. New Zealand’s House of Representatives passed the bill in April, despite the Conservative Party leader calling it a “failure of democracy.”