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The couple, Fabiana Banzer and Scarlett Rocha, formally applied for a civil marriage on October 12, 2022
Bolivia has recorded its first civil marriage between two people of the same sex, held on Friday, August 7, in Santa Cruz, the country's most populous city, following a legal process that lasted three years and ten months.
The couple, Fabiana Banzer and Scarlett Rocha, formally applied for a civil marriage on October 12, 2022. The non-governmental organization IGUAL Bolivia, which provided legal support, said the union was completed after a lengthy administrative process and two constitutional injunctions filed by its team, until the couple obtained recognition and legal protection from the Bolivian state.
“Scar and I have been together for more than 4 years. It makes me very happy to announce to our family and friends that after a legal fight of 3 years and 10 months we have finally been able to access civil marriage as two women,” Banzer wrote on social media.
