Exactly 20 years ago, one lbian uple and three gay upl tied the knot Amsterdam's cy hall - makg history as the Netherlands beme the first untry to allow same-sex marriage, a step sce followed by nearly 30 other natns.
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- TOTALLY OH-GAY: THE NETHERLANDS N HAVE A KG OR QUEEN A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- DUTCH FETE 20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE
- DUTCH GET USED TO GAY MARRIAGE
TOTALLY OH-GAY: THE NETHERLANDS N HAVE A KG OR QUEEN A SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
* dutch gay marriage *
LONDON, April 1 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Exactly 20 years ago, one lbian uple and three gay upl tied the knot Amsterdam’s cy hall - makg history as the Netherlands beme the first untry to allow same-sex marriage, a step sce followed by nearly 30 other the two s sce the law took effect, thoands of gay and lbian upl have wed the Netherlands - reprentg 1. 7% of all marriag, acrdg to the natnal statistics 750 lbian upl and 620 gay male upl have married on average annually over the last five years, and there are now some 20, 000 married same-sex upl livg the untry, official data the past five years, more than 400 same-sex marriag have end divorce on average annually - wh the divorce rate for lbian upl almost twice as high as that of gay are some key facts about the legal regnn of same-sex upl around the world:- Same-sex marriage is legal 28 untri: Argenta, Atralia, Atria, Belgium, Brazil, Bra, Canada, Colombia, Costa Ri, Denmark, Ecuador, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Ai, Spa, Swen, Uguay and the Uned Stat. - Gay marriage is hotly ntted by many relig groups.
DUTCH FETE 20 YEARS OF GAY MARRIAGE
2020, but anti-gay marriage mpaigners are gatherg signatur to put the issue to a natnal referendum this year before the law tak effect. - Taiwan was the first place Asia to allow gay marriag 2019.
DUTCH GET USED TO GAY MARRIAGE
Sourc: ILGA State-Sponsored Homophobia report, Pew Rearch Centre, Thomson Rters Foundatn, Rters (Reportg by Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage; Edg by Helen Popper and Hugo Greenhalgh. Sce then, over 15, 000 homosexual upl have married.