The very first LGBT couples to marry in their countries.

March 2, 2020 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, HEROES & HISTORY, HISTORY Comments Off on The very first LGBT couples to marry in their countries.
A composite image of Marcela Gracia Ibeas and Elisa Sánchez Loriga in 1901, and Robyn Peoples and Sharni Edwards in February 2020. (Image: José Sellier; Phil Noble/Reuters)

Every wedding is an important day.

But some marriages make history — such as the unions that signal a country’s acceptance of LGBT rights for the first time.

Last week 27-year-old Sharni Edwards and Robyn Peoples, 26, became the first gay couple to…