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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- AFTER S-LONG LEGAL BATTLE, GAY UPLE'S 1971 MARRIAGE OFFICIALLY REGNIZED
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- FIRST GAY COUPL MARRY THE NETHERLANDS
AFTER S-LONG LEGAL BATTLE, GAY UPLE'S 1971 MARRIAGE OFFICIALLY REGNIZED
From the first pro-gay film to the trailblazg lears who worked to make the world a better place for queer people, the are the famo LGBTQ firsts. * the first gay couple in the world *
AMSTERDAM - Twenty years ago, Dutch uple Gert Kasteel and Dolf Pasker ma history when they tied the knot the world’s first legally-regnized same-sex weddg the were among four gay upl — three male and one female — to be married shortly after midnight by the mayor of Amsterdam on April 1, Thursday, they celebrated their 20th anniversari small groups or at home due to COVID-19 social distancg l that prevented large gathergs. ”All four gay marriag have passed the tt of time. "We jt wanted to make sure that the world saw the most posive si of beg a gay uple.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
* the first gay couple in the world *
In 1971, gay uple Michael McConnell and Jack Baker applied for a marriage license om Blue Earth County, Mnota. “This jt simply prov that the first same-sex marriage ever rerd the public fil of any civil ernment anywhere the world happened Mnota, ” Jack McConnell uple, who penned their story the memoir “The Weddg Heard ’Round the World: Ameri’s First Gay Marriage, ” exchanged vows durg a small ceremony at a iend’s home Mneapolis September marriage was later legalized — first Mnota 2013, and two years later across the U. “I was gog to fd someone to grow old together wh, ” Jack McConnell Mneapolis uple, both longtime LGBTQ activists, rema steadfastly optimistic about the trajectory of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer rights.
FIRST GAY COUPL MARRY THE NETHERLANDS
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * the first gay couple in the world *
Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N. Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. The rts—which took place after a police raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York Cy—served as a talyst for the gay rights movement the Uned Stat and across the globe.
Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands, officiated at marriag of four gay upl at stroke of midnight on March 31, immediately after legislatn enacted 2000 went to effect allowg such ceremoni (S) * the first gay couple in the world *
To honor that, we've round up some of the most historic firsts om the LGBTQ muny, om the first pro-gay film to the first state to repeal sodomy laws.
Der Eigene (The Own), which was published om 1896 to 1932 by Adolf Brand om Berl, Germany, is nsired the first gay journal the world, acrdg to Out magaze.