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When and where did the first legal same-sex marriage ceremony take place?
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Same-sex couple exchanging rings during their marriage ceremony in Pittsburgh, 2014.
The worldās first legal same-sex marriage ceremony took place in the Netherlands on April 1, 2001. The ceremony, which occurred just after midnight, involved four couplesāone female and three maleāand was officiated by the mayor of Amsterdam.1