Since then, the world has seen one of the fastest civil rights movements take place with countries enacting similar progressive laws everywhere from the Americas to Europe and, yes, in Africa and Asia, too. And the Netherlands enacted the world’s first law recognizing same-sex marriage in 2001. Denmark was the world’s first country to allow same-sex partnerships and unions back in 1989.
And while the modern gay rights movement might’ve begun outside a gay bar in New York City with the Stonewall riots in 1969, Europe has been at the forefront for LGBT issues for much of the past few decades. Each European country has its own charms and quirks, and each city its own culture and life.
The diversity of cultures, peoples, foods, things to see and do-it’s this smorgasbord of life. It’s probably not a surprise, but Europe is one of my favorite continents.
