Five years after the Netherlands became the first country to legalise gay marriage, it is still not clear whether the global battle is being won or lost.

五年前，荷兰成为首个将同性婚姻合法化的国家；五年后，争取同性婚姻合法化的全球斗争的成败态势仍然并不明朗。

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Cheryl Cole split from her cheating husband Ashley yesterday after a tumultuous three-and-a-half-year marriage - and now faces a ?22million divorce battle.

谢丽尔·科尔昨日正式和丈夫阿什利分手，结束了三年半的婚姻生活，接下来面对的是高达2200万英镑的财产分割战。

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Their four-year marriage ended in ugly accusations, media frenzy and custody battle for their only child.

他们4年的婚姻在丑陋的互相指责中结束，充满了媒体的暴走和对孩子抚养权的争夺。

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The battle for full marriage equality is still a long ways from won, but adding New York to the growing list of states with full marriage equality is a huge victory.

FORBES: New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

North Carolina is also hosting the Democratic National Convention, where Democrats were set to battle over whether to make gay marriage rights a plank of their party's official platform.

WSJ: Obama Says He Supports Gay Marriage

Earlier this year transsexual Elizabeth Bellinger and her husband Michael lost their battle to have their 22-year marriage declared legal.

BBC: Transsexual Elizabeth Bellinger and her husband Michael