Axel Axgil, 94, holds a photograph of him and his now deceased partner, Eigil Axgil, in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 20, 2009. They were the first same sex couple in the world to enter into a civil union. The Axgil couple, whose last name is a combination of their first, together with ten other couples, married in Denmark on Oct. 1, 1989 in what was a worldwide media event.