The President of Chile—Michelle Bachelet—has plans to introduce a marriage equality bill on August 28—according to a local LGBT+ rights group.
The Homosexual Movement of Integration and Liberation reports that the bill will guarantee same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples—without exception.
Bachelet announced in January this year that she would begin a public discussion aimed at introducing a “satisfactory bill on marriage equality, recognising the same rights for everyone.”
The President noted that it was “not only a demand of the international justice system but a legitimate demand of Chilean society.”
Chilean newspaper La Tercera reports that it’s still unclear whether the new bill would include adoption rights for same-sex couples.
Chile would become the fifth country to legalise same-sex marriage in South America—joining Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay.
