As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world.
Contents:
- THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
- COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
- WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
- LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
THE FIRST COUNTRI TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * first country in world to legalize gay marriage *
In July of 2010, Argenta beme the first Lat Amerin untry to legalize same-sex marriag, attributg Argente gay people the same maral rights as the natn's heterosexuals. One of the leadg proponents of same-sex marriag was the Print of the untry, Crista Fernánz Kirchner, who nstantly fought for regnn of the rights of the homosexuals, though agast the will of the Roman Catholic Church.
The untry, then head by a Prime Mister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who openly clared herself to be gay, met ltle polil ristance passg this law. Currently, Iceland is regard as one of the most gay-iendly untri the world, wh a large number of foreign same-sex upl visg Iceland to get married there. Swen was th one of the first few untri to signate legally regnized partnership rights to gay upl the mid 1990s, and also allowed such upl to adopt children as early as 2002.
The Lutheran Church of Swen had agreed to bls gay partnerships sce 2007, but were not yet ready to allow gay weddgs their church. This law th allowed gay partners to marry civil or relig ceremoni, to adopt children, and to partake artificial sematn.
COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
* first country in world to legalize gay marriage *
The Church of Norway was spl on this issue of gay marriage legalizatn 2013, but, 2015, the General Synod of the Church of Norway voted favor of offerg servic to same sex marriage ceremoni.
After the Bill received Royal Assent on July 20, 2005, fally beme active, givg gay upl the opportuny to rejoice. In July of 2015, Spa celebrated s ten year anniversary of the legalizatn of gay marriag there.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST UNTRY TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE?
One of the biggt chang the veloped world over the past 20 years has been the expansn of gay rights and the acceptance of the LGBT muny. In the U.S., a poll nducted 2004 found that Amerins opposed gay marriage by a marg of 60% to 31%. By 2019, those numbers had flipped wh 6... * first country in world to legalize gay marriage *
The first same-sex marriage Spa took place on July 11, volvg the gay uple of E Menénz and Carlos Baturín.
Over the next 10 years to follow, around 31, 610 same-sex marriag took place Spa, renrg Spa as one the bt untri for gay rights. Followg years of heated bat and signifint protts by Belgian gay-rights anizatns, upled wh the risg acceptance of gay rights among the Belgian muny, the bill legalizg gay marriag were fally approved by 91 of the 122 puti of the Belgian Parliament’s lower hoe. It was two years later that such me to un, when 2005 a new bill was passed, grantg gay upl the right to adopt children.
LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
The Netherlands was the first untry to legalize gay marraige. As early as the mid-1980s, gay rights anizatns had been active the untry mandg legal regnn of same-sex marriag. RankCountryYear Gay Marriage Legalized.