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The World's First Civil Union
In 1989, Denmark became the first country to celebrate same-sex civil unions. Ivan Larsen, an ordained minister of the Lutheran church, the state Church of Denmark, and Ove Carlsen, a psychologist, were one of the first couples to sign on the dotted line.
Here, they describe how the decision to legalise same-sex unions changed both their lives, and those of other gay people in Denmark.
