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Despite many states issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples — the most recent example being New Jersey — many states offer very different rights to the LGBT community, creating challenges for married same-sex couples that leave their state borders.

Reporting by Zainab Mudallal. Design by Marlena Chertock.

Capital News Service

States that restrict marriage to a man and a woman, and do not provide same-sex couples with the same spousal rights as straight couples. States that restrict marriage to a man and a woman, but provide same-sex couples with the same spousal rights as straight couples. *Wisconsin limits spousal rights only to couples in a domestic partnership. States that issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. *New Mexico limits these to certain jurisdictions.