The first Arab country to recognize same-sex marriage…sort of.

A woman raises the LGBT+ flag at a National Women's Day demonstration in Tunisia on August 13, 2018 (Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto/Getty)

The Republic of Tunisia has become the first Arab state to recognise a same-sex marriage, a Tunisian LGBT+ rights organisation has announced.

According to Association Shams, a marriage settlement between a Frenchman, 31, and a Tunisian man, 26, was legally recognised in…