Civil Unions

Although civil unions and registered domestic partnerships do not offer the same protections as marriage, they do provide some rights and benefits to same-sex couples. Here are the states and countries with civil unions and registered partnership laws.

As the debate over legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples heightens, individual states in the U.S. are considering different types of protection for gay and lesbian couples under the law. They are civil unions, domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage. Read the benefits of gay civil unions vs. domestic partnership and gay marriage.

Get all of the information you need to know about gay civil unions in New Hampshire.

Read the benefits of civil unions in states like Connecticut and Vermont.

Learn how to dissolve a civil union.

Why do gay men want the right to get married? Why can't they just settle for civil unions?

Before your gay marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or commitment ceremony follow this easy to use planning calendar, including a complete list of the essential things to consider.

As the debate over legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples heightens, individual states in the U.S. are considering different types of protection for gay and lesbian couples under the law. They are civil unions, domestic partnerships and same-sex marriage. Read the benefits of gay civil unions vs. domestic partnership and gay marriage.