LGBT History Month: Axel and Eigil Axgil

For LGBT History Month, let's honor a trailblazing pair: Axel Axgil (3 April 1915 – 29 October 2011) and Eigil Axgil (24 April 1922 – 22 September 1995) were Danish gay activists and a longtime couple. They had the distinction of being the first gay couple in the modern world to enter into a registered partnership following Denmark's legalisation of same-sex partnership registration in 1989, a landmark legislation which they helped to bring about. They adopted the surname, Axgil, a combination of their given names, as an expression of their commitment.

Axel and Eigil Axgil, the first same-sex couple in the world
to receive legal recognition and rights under a national law.
Copenhagen, Denmark. October 1, 1989.

R.I.P. Axel and Eigil, I hope you are together, whatever form you now take.