Beiruting News

The largest collective same-sex civil wedding ceremony in the world took place in Rio de Janeiro's Armazém Utopia, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 23rd, according to the Rio de Janeiro State Department of Social Welfare and Human Rights. During the ceremony, the marriages of 160 homosexual and transgender couples were simultaneously officiated.

Sunday's event was the fifth mass civil same-sex wedding ceremony held in the state. Thus far, a reported five hundred couples have benefited from the events organized by Rio sem Homofobia in partnership with the Rio de Janeiro State Court.