Amsterdam, April 1, 2026 (AFP) - Amsterdam marks 25 years of gay marriage with weddings

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Amsterdam on Wednesday celebrated 25 years since same-sex weddings were legalised, with Rob Jetten, the first openly gay Dutch prime minister, as guest of honour. The Netherlands made history on April 1, 2001, when it became the world's first country to legalise gay marriage. Nearly 36,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot in the quarter-century since, according to the Dutch statistics bureau. Three more made their solemn matrimonial vows sh......

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