The status of gay rights across the globe. (Hello Northern Ireland.)

Same-sex marriage and abortion laws in Northern Ireland were liberalised in a landmark shift for the province aimed at bringing it into line with mainland Britain (Image: © AFP/File Paul Faith)

Thirty years after the first-ever gay civil unions in Denmark, same-sex marriages are today allowed in 28 countries, but homosexuality remains illegal in some parts of the world.

After the liberalisation of same sex marriage came into force in Northern Ireland…