'I feel lucky': Taiwan holds first gay marriag historic day for Asia | Taiwan | The Guardian

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• 'I FEEL LUCKY': TAIWAN HOLDS FIRST GAY MARRIAG HISTORIC DAY FOR ASIA
• FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATED FRANCE
• WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

'I FEEL LUCKY': TAIWAN HOLDS FIRST GAY MARRIAG HISTORIC DAY FOR ASIA

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. Gay marriage laws.

LGBTQ activist groups petned the Dutch parliament to legalize gay marriage. June 26 marks the fifth anniversary of gay marriage beg legalized across the entire Uned memorate this tone LGBTQ history, we are takg a look at untri around the world that have officially legalized same-sex marriage. Nearly 30 out of 195 untri have passed laws allowg gay marriage, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center.

[Pew Rearch Center]2010: PortugalSix years after Portugal's parliament legalized same-sex marriage, the untry granted gay upl the right to adopt.

FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATED FRANCE

[Pew Rearch Center]2019: Atria In 2010, the untry allowed gay and lbian upl to enter to a civil partnership, and on Jan. [The Associated Prs]2019: Taiwan On May 17, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow same-sex marriag between gay and lbian upl. The untry's hight urt approved same-sex marriage on June 12, 2019, markg the 50th anniversary of the worldwi gay equaly movement.

WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris.

Argenta 2010Lat Ameri-CaribbeanFirst untry Lat Ameri to allow gay and lbian upl to marry. Ecuador 2019Lat Ameri-CaribbeanCourt lg ma Ecuador the fifth South Amerin untry to allow gays and lbians to wed. Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns.