Same-sex marriage now legal in 30 countries

Swiss celebrate after voters approved same-sex marriage in a referendum

On October 1, 1989, for the first time in the world, gay couples in Denmark tied the knot in legal civil unions, but would have to wait until 2012 to be allowed to marry in church

Same-sex marriage, which Switzerland approved in a referendum on Sunday, is now legal in 30 countries, but homosexuality remains banned in many parts of the world.

Around 30 African countries ban homosexuality, with Mauritania, Somalia and Sudan having the death penalty for same-sex relations.  bur-eab/cw-dl/gd