Same-sex marriage in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Aruba and Curaçao, two constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, since 12 July 2024, following a ruling from the Supreme Court of the Netherlands that the ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling from the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, and legalized same-sex marriage in Aruba and Curaçao with immediate effect. The final constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Sint Maarten, does not perform same-sex marriages, though marriages performed elsewhere in the Kingdom are recognized there.

Aruba has also recognized registered partnerships, providing many of the rights and benefits of marriage, since September 2021.

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