History

There has been many ups and downs since the beginning of time when it comes to LGBTQIAP people. Yes, since the beginning of time itself there are known instances of gay couples. For example let's go back all the way to 5000 BCE: there has been rock art discovered that portrays homosexual male couples. Fast forward to approximately 1700 BCE: female figures have been interpreted into domestic relations. In 7th century BCE are the first known instances of  illegality of same- sex marriages in Greece, but life long partnerships were extremely common.
For the sake of this post I will be skipping history between then and 1933, which is the year which Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party began their rise. Between then and 1945, up to 15 000 homosexuals were sent to Nazi concentration camps and approximately 9 000 of them passed away there. It was not until 2002 that the German government appologized o the gay community.
In 1994, LGBT history month was set to February.
The Netherlands were first country to legally allow smae-sex marriage (2001) and the first same-sex marriage happened on April 1, 2001. (Canada was the fourth country to legalize same-sex marriage, this happened in 2005.) As of today, eightteen countries allow same-sex marriage.

       (Countries coloured in navy blue have legalized 

same-sex marriage as of 2014)