LGBT history in Denmark

History

• 1668 - Nicholas Culpeper and Abdiah Cole publish Thomas Bartholin's Anatomia. Bartholin briefly mentions lesbianism in this book. He uses the phrases, confricatrices rubster and contemptus vivorum, to describe female homosexuality. Bartholin cites historical examples of lesbianism, such as Sappho, Philaenis, and the Book of Romans.
• 1683 – The Kingdom of Denmark criminalizes "relations against nature", making it punishable by death.
• Homosexuality in Denmark was decriminalised in 1933.
• 1948 – "Forbundet af 1948", a homosexual group, is formed
• 1976: Denmark equalizes the age of consent.
• 1985: F-48 became the Danish National Association of Gays and Lesbians.
• 1989: Denmark is the first country in the world to enact registered partnership laws for same-sex couples, with most of the same rights as marriage ; activists Axel and Eigil Axgil and 10 other Danish couples are unofficially married by Tom Ahlberg, the deputy mayor of Copenhagen, in the city hall, accompanied by worldwide media attention.
• 2010: Same-sex couple adoption legislation is passed.
• 2012: Same-sex marriage is passed into law.
• 2014: Denmark becomes the first European country to remove the Gender Identity Disorder diagnosis as a necessary requirement in the gender recognition process.
• 2016: Greenland passes same-sex marriage.
• 2017: Denmark becomes the first country in the world to officially remove transgender identities from its list of mental health disorders. Same-sex marriage is passed in the Faroe Islands.