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Contents:
- '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
Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * first gay wedding 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. 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. [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.
FIRST GAY MARRIAGE CELEBRATED FRANCE
The untry's hight urt approved same-sex marriage on June 12, 2019, markg the 50th anniversary of the worldwi gay equaly movement. 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. Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995.
1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. After s of mpaigng and wag, Taiwan has weled hundreds of same-sex upl as they exercised their new legal rights to tie the of reporters and photographers filled a registry office Taipei on Friday wag to pture the moment when the self-led island beme the first untry Asia to legalise gay Yuan and Shane L were the first to sign their marriage certifite unr the gaze of the legendary Taiwane LGBTQ rights mpaigner, Chi uple, who had waed 12 years for the law to change, said they felt fortunate to be able to celebrate their unn. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Rters“I still remember how I tried to hi the rabow flag after I attend the first gay pri para Taipei over a ago.
WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
But today, I am able to openly tell the world through the meras that I’m gay and I’m gettg married.
”The rtrictn on certa foreigners is one of several still remag on Taiwan’s gay muny spe the legislatn beg passed last week. ”Taiwan ma history last week when s parliament beme the first Asia to legalise gay marriage, sparkg jubilatn among huge crowds of gay rights supporters on the streets of 300 same-sex upl were expected to register on Friday, acrdg to lol thori, around 150 the pal Taipei which boasts a thrivg and vol gay muny. Dpe support for the reform Montpellier, which boasts of beg France's most gay-iendly town, officials scrapped plans to broadst the weddg live on a giant TV screen and stead beamed live onle to the cy's webse.
"Love each other, love , love one another, bee 's important, " said Aut om a balny to a crowd of hundreds of well-wishers outsi the cy hall, addg the next step would be a law allowg gay upl to adopt children. Backed by a slim majory of French and feted by gay men and lbians when me to force this month, a law makg France the 14th untry to allow same-sex marriage has triggered street protts by nservativ, Catholics and extreme right-wgers.