The American ambassador in Denmark Rufus Gifford, right, smiles beside his partner Stephen DeVincent after they got married at Copenhagen City Hall in Copenhagen on Saturday, Oct. 10 2015. The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in the Scandinavian country that became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalize their unions in 1989. Rufus Gifford, the U.S. envoy since September 2013, is a strong gay rights advocate and often appears with Stephen DeVincent, a 56-year-old veterinarian, at his side. The two were married Saturday at the Copenhagen City Hall. Gifford, a 41-year-old Boston native, wrote on Twitter: "26 yrs ago the site of 1st legal gay unions in the world. Humbled and emotional." Photo: Rasmus Flindt Pedersen/Polfoto via AP
The American ambassador in Denmark Rufus Gifford, right, smiles beside his partner Stephen DeVincent after they got married at Copenhagen City Hall in Copenhagen on Saturday, Oct. 10 2015. The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in the Scandinavian country that became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalize their unions in 1989. Rufus Gifford, the U.S. envoy since September 2013, is a strong gay rights advocate and often appears with Stephen DeVincent, a 56-year-old veterinarian, at his side. The two were married Saturday at the Copenhagen City Hall. Gifford, a 41-year-old Boston native, wrote on Twitter: “26 yrs ago the site of 1st legal gay unions in the world. Humbled and emotional.” Rasmus Flindt Pedersen/Polfoto via AP
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in the Scandinavian country that became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalize their unions in 1989.
Rufus Gifford, the U.S. envoy since September 2013, is a strong gay rights advocate and often appears with Stephen DeVincent, a 56-year-old veterinarian, at his side. The two were married Saturday at the Copenhagen City Hall. Gifford, a 41-year-old Boston native, wrote on Twitter: “26 yrs ago the site of 1st legal gay unions in the world. Humbled and emotional.”
Later in the day, he posted a smiling photo of the two, showing off their rings: “In the land that created fairy tales, we just started our own.”
The proposal says that trans people under 21 are not “capable” of understanding gender-affirming care, while they are legally capable of voting or marrying.
Tyianna “Davarea” Alexander was shot while walking down the street. Samuel Edmund Damián Valentín was killed before his body was dumped in the middle of a highway.
“hi mom remember the time you told me I shouldn’t go to BLM protests bc they could get violent…this you?” she tweeted with a photo of her mom attacking a Black woman.
“I’m scared,” Kristopher Dreww said, on the verge of tears. “I fear for my life.” He wasn’t nearly as worried about the people in the Capitol when it was stormed by insurrectionists.
Get the Daily Brief
The news you care about, reported on by the people who care about you.
