If there was ever any doubt that hard-won LGBT rights can be rolled back, Bermuda offered proof this week by becoming the first country in the world to repeal same-sex marriage after previously legalizing it.

In the aftermath of Governor John Rankin’s signing of the official repeal legislation, which will swap out same-sex marriages for domestic partnerships, LGBT Bermudans say they are not going to accept this historic regression of their rights.

“This legislation creates a ‘watered down’ version of rights, leading to a separate-but-equal status under the law,” the Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda wrote in a Facebook post reacting to Rankin’s royal assent to the legislation. “Ultimately, no separate-but-equal measure allows for equality or justice.”

The British overseas territory only legalized same-sex marriage in May 2017 via a Supreme Court ruling—and marriage equality has been under attack on the island, a popular tourist destination with a population of about 60,000 people, ever since.

“Today, history has been made and love has won,” the Rainbow Alliance of Bermuda, which did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment, wrote back when the Supreme Court decision came down in favor of a gay couple who challenged the government for the right to marry.

But anti-LGBT sentiment on the socially conservative island demonstrated over the next year that history can indeed be un-made, with legislators working to reverse the Supreme Court ruling with a bill. Read more via Daily Beast