Thursday, October 14, 2021

Gay Germans Marry for the First Time. Gay Marriage Has Been Legal in Germany since October 1, 2017

Oct 1, 2017 • Same-sex couples married in Germany for the first time on Sunday, with several dozen couples tying the knot at civil registry offices that opened specially to mark the coming into force of a law passed by parliament in June.

Among them were Karl Kreile, 59, and Bodo Mende, 60, who became Germany's first married gay couple, exchanging vows at the town hall in the Berlin borough of Schoeneberg on Sunday after 38 years together.