Denmark

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  Why queer filmmakers are boycotting Israel’s LGBTQ film festival

  Tuesday, May 30, 2017

  Israel's gay community is the latest target of a global push for a cultural boycott of Israel.

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  Openly gay US ambassador to Denmark weds partner

  Saturday, October 10, 2015

  The U.S. ambassador to Denmark has married his partner in what became the first nation to allow gay couples to formalize their unions in 1989.

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  Greenland: Parliament votes unanimously to legalize same-sex marriage

  Thursday, May 28, 2015

  The autonomous Arctic country of Greenland followed the lead of its former colonial master Denmark by legalizing same-sex marriage.

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  LGBT History Month profile: Danish gay rights activist Axel Axgil

  Saturday, October 5, 2013

  Axel Axgil was a Danish gay activist and cofounder of Europe’s first gay rights organization. After Denmark became the first nation to legalize same-sex domestic partnerships, he and his partner Eigil Eskildsen were the first couple…

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  Danish scientists say they’re close to a breakthrough in finding a cure for HIV

  Monday, April 29, 2013

  AARHUS, Denmark -- Scientists and researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark say they believe there will be a breakthrough in finding a cure for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) “within months.”

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  Denmark’s legislature approves same-sex marriage

  Thursday, June 7, 2012

  COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that legalizes same-sex marriage in the Scandinavian country. The vote was 85 to 24.

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