Dutch couple Gert Kasteel and Dolf Pasker look at pictures that feature them on their wedding 20 years ago in the world's first legally-recognised same-sex wedding and on the state of LGBT rights two decades on, in Weesp, Netherlands March 31, 2021. Picture taken March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Twenty years ago, Dutch couple Gert Kasteel and Dolf Pasker made history when they tied the knot in the world's first legally-recognised same-sex wedding in the Netherlands.
They were among four gay couples - three male and one female - to be married shortly after midnight by the mayor of Amsterdam on April 1, 2001.
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