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    25 years ago today, Amsterdam made history 🌈

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    1. dullestfranchise on

      On 1 april 2001, at exactly midnight, the very first legal same-sex marriages were performed, not just in the Netherlands, but anywhere in the world. Four couples said “I do,” and in doing so, they became part of history.

      This wasn’t just a symbolic moment. It marked the first time a country fully recognized marriage equality in law, setting the stage for a global movement that would follow in the years after.

      [The current state of affairs on the recognition of same-sex unions in Europe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recognition_of_same-sex_unions_in_Europe)

    2. Due_Perspective7884 on

      And then Germany sat on the fence until after progressive juggernauts like Colombia, Brazil, AmeriKKKa did it before them. lol

      Raise a glass for the Netherlands, the true champion, showing the way to her neighbours.

    3. Svardskampe on

      And that is also where the country remained stuck in progressive values, to now the current state of tumbling down the ILGA rainbow index being caught up left and right.

      https://rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/

      The propaganda about LGBT rights from the Netherlands gets touted so much, all the while people are being left in the dust. 

    8. Village_People_Cop on

      I know the two ladies from volunteer work I did at an LGBT+ organisation and they are still happily married

    9. Vedagi_ on

      Crazy to think that there are countries who allow marrige between the same sex

      In many (if not all) soviet-effected countries this is still not a thing, love from Czechia.