Chile's government will begin debate today on whether to change existing marriage laws to include same-sex couples.
On August 28 President Michelle Bachelet introduced legislation that would define marriage as ‘a solemn contract by which two people, of the same or different sex, unite themselves, and for life, in order to live together, to procreate and to help each other.’
Chile's Senate Constitution Committee has called on LGBT advocacy groups to step up and make their case for marriage equality.
Since 2015, Chile has extended limited legal recognition of same-sex couples via civil unions.
Bachelet also supports efforts to strengthen hate crime and anti-discrimination law against the LGBTQ community as well as legislation that would allow transgender Chileans to legally change their names without requiring sex reassignment surgery - although the bill on transgender protections has stalled due to a lack of political will.
But time is of the essence as Bachelet will step down in March 2018, and one of the two leading candidates to replace Bachelet does not support marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Currently, only Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay have legalized same-sex marriage in South America.
On Saturday, over 100,000 marched in support of marriage equality in Santiago, Chile.
Watch below.
Fundación Iguales pide que candidatos aclaren su postura frente al matrimonio igualitario https://t.co/jqLv6pr7vU #CNNChile pic.twitter.com/Re52f14Thl
— CNN Chile (@CNNChile) November 27, 2017
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