Gay marriage move a giant step for Switzerland

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 23, 2021 2:41 pm

GENEVA: While apartment-hunting with his partner 30 years ago, Thierry Delessert was repeatedly asked whether they were cousins, or gay. He knew the latter answer would automatically see their application thrown out.

The 56-year-old historian still recalls his run-ins with 'suspicious' real estate agents in Switzerland, where police in some places were still keeping registers of homosexuals.

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