Both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1890, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
Both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1890. While a civil unions law passed in May 2016 provides same-sex couples with many of the rights of marriage, same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.