North or South America.
"Newly": Doesn't count any country that has already legalized it now or has set a future date for when it will be legal (like Estonia has). But any country that formalizes legalization at a future date, even if that date is after 2029, does count so long as the decision was locked in before 2030.
Must qualify in such a way that the country would change to dark blue on this Wikipedia map, though changes to that map are not required for this question to resolve YES.
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Update 2026-01-07 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Aruba and Curaçao do not count for this market, as they were forced by the Dutch court to legalize same-sex marriage (the decision was made for them by their parent government).
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Are British Overseas Territories and Aruba and Curaçao included in the question? If not, I don't understand why it's so high. (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_the_Americas#Future_legislation )
@adssx Wow, good spot! Reality sure is messy 😅 Since they're free to establish their own legislation on these matters, I'm inclined to count them all, with the caveat that if their parent governments forced them to legalize it wouldn't count. Forced = decided the legality for them.
@Stralor So do Aruba and Curacao count? They were forced to do it, as their governments legally challenged it but were mandated by the Dutch court