PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In any other New England state, Chelsea Leyden could marry the woman she’s been with for more than two years. But not in Rhode Island. Leyden hopes this is the year that distinction disappears.

‘‘I want to get married where I was born and raised,’’ said Leyden, of Cranston. ‘‘My family is here. I don’t want to have to go to Massachusetts.’’