Same-sex marriage in Nevada

Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in Nevada since October 9, 2014, when the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada issued an injunction against enforcement of Nevada's same-sex marriage ban, acting on order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A unanimous three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit had ruled two days earlier in Sevcik v. Sandoval that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Same-sex marriage was previously banned by an amendment to the Constitution of Nevada. The statutory ban on same-sex marriages was repealed by the Nevada Legislature in 2017, and the constitutional ban was repealed by voters in 2020 by 62–38 percent. Polling suggests that a large majority of Nevada residents support the legal recognition of same-sex marriage, with a 2024 Public Religion Research Institute poll showing that 72% of respondents supported same-sex marriage.

Nevada has recognized domestic partnerships since October 1, 2009, after the Nevada Legislature enacted legislation overriding Governor Jim Gibbons's veto. The state maintains a domestic partnership registry that enables same-sex couples to enjoy most of the same rights as married couples. It allows opposite-sex couples to establish domestic partnerships as well.

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