Current Version
| Region | Denmark |
| Issue | Same-sex marriage |
| Status | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Oct 1, 1989 |
| End Date | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Description | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. "Two persons of the same sex may have their partnership registered." |
| Sources | http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/02/world/rights-for-gay-couples-in-denmark.html http://www.qrd.org/qrd/world/europe/denmark/registered.partnership.act.with.amendments |
Revision History (4)
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| Description | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. "Two persons of the same sex may have their partnership registered. | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. "Two persons of the same sex may have their partnership registered." |
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| Description | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. "Two persons of the same sex may have their partnership registered. |
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| Description | Denmark becomes the first country to legalize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. | Denmark becomes the first country in the world to legally recognize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Civil unions (marriage rights) |
| Start Date | Oct 1, 1989 |
| End Date | Jun 14, 2012 |
| Description | Denmark becomes the first country to legalize same-sex unions as the Danish Registered Partnership Act goes into effect. |
| Sources | http://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/02/world/rights-for-gay-couples-in-denmark.html http://www.qrd.org/qrd/world/europe/denmark/registered.partnership.act.with.amendments |