After s-long legal battle, gay uple's 1971 marriage officially regnized

Contents:

• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• HERE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST GAY COUPL MARRY AFTER SUPREME COURT DECISN
• AFTER S-LONG LEGAL BATTLE, GAY UPLE'S 1971 MARRIAGE OFFICIALLY REGNIZED
• HERE ARE THE STAT WHERE GAY COUPL CAN GET MARRIED
• GAY MARRIAG GET REGNN FROM THE I.R.S.
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

FILE PHOTO: Pevian urt opens door to legally regnize same-sex uplLIMA (Rters) - A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay lg, published on Friday, followed a se brought by a gay Pevian cizen who sued the registratn office for refg to rerd her 2019 marriage overseas, sayg her nstutnal rights were vlated. Reprentativ of the office were not immediately available for is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay. However, 61% disapproved of gay people public Lima urt orred the rerds office to "proceed wh the registratn" of the woman's marriage, the Superr Court of Jtice of Lima said on urt clared "applible" an article of the Pevian Civil Co of 1984 on the fay, which refers to marriage as the voluntary unn between man and is likely that an appeal agast the lg will be 2020, a gay uple took Pe to the Inter-Amerin Court of Human Rights after they lost a bid for regnn of their Mexin marriage the time, the nstutnal urt led that the civil registry of Pe only regniz the marriage between a man and a untri South Ameri, cludg Argenta, Uguay, Brazil and Colombia, have legalized gay marriage recent years.

Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.

Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. Acrdg to the Texas judicial missn’s 2019 warng, Hensley referred gay upl who wanted her to pri over their marriage ceremony to other people who would officiate. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST GAY COUPL MARRY AFTER SUPREME COURT DECISN

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife.

The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

AFTER S-LONG LEGAL BATTLE, GAY UPLE'S 1971 MARRIAGE OFFICIALLY REGNIZED

"We jt wanted to make sure that the world saw the most posive si of beg a gay uple. Terrori Where Married Gay Coupl Can Buy Rifl To Protect Their Marijuana Plants. That statute, passed the midst of Ana Bryant’s famo anti-gay csa, was led unnstutnal and unenforceable by a state appeals urt September 2010.

Cha crimalized homosexualy 1997, but do not regnize same-sex marriag. Urt ho were flood wh upl lookg to make their love official after the Supreme Court led gay marriage bans were unnstutnal, effectively allowg gay people throughout the natn to get married.

The landmark cisn means even the most nservative stat were to issue gay marriage licens, cludg Texas, where the attorney general specifilly asked clerks not to do so--but many did anyway.

HERE ARE THE STAT WHERE GAY COUPL CAN GET MARRIED

India's Supreme Court 2018 stck down a lonial-era law that ma gay sex punishable by up to 10 years prison but has yet to legalize same-sex marriag. India crimalized gay sex five years ago Dias and Anand were born an India that held onto a Brish lonial-era law crimalizg homosexualy. After s of grassroots activism and tense lobbyg at policy levels, the Supreme Court crimalized gay sex 2018.

Sce the law India only regniz heterosexual marriag, children of gay upl lose out on legal regnn for both parents. A powerful right-wg figure has exprsed support for LGBTQ rights Sce there is no legal regnn of same-sex marriage, gay upl whose fai threaten them wh vlence bee they are opposed to gay relatnships have no protectn unr the law.

Earlier this year, Bhagwat said that gay people are a part of Indian society and have the right to live the way they want to. In December 2021, the Uttarakhand High Court orred a gay uple to be protected by the police. In November 2019, the Punjab and Haryana High Court orred the police to protect a gay uple threatened by their fai.

GAY MARRIAG GET REGNN FROM THE I.R.S.

Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the most powerful Hdu natnalist anizatn, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, said an terview that gay people are a part of Indian society and have the right to live the way they want to. Followg both Supreme Court lgs, gay marriage is legal every U. However, gay and lbian upl do face some unique challeng applyg for a marriage green rd.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Unfortunately, homophobia remas prevalent Ameri so many gay upl nnot troduce their spoe to their your immigrant spoe hasn’t met your parents, they won’t be able to answer tailed qutns about your parents at the terview. The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal. The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock.

It was an excg day for gay upl who had been hopg to legally tie-the-knot (and an excg day for everyone who believ #loveislove), and we're celebratg wh a pri-filled celebry weddg roundup.

By the way, Ellen announced her plans to wed Portia durg a tapg of The Ellen Show, after California's Supreme Court reversed their ban on gay marriage. Lance and Michael ma history as the first gay uple to have their weddg televised on Amerin TV, and their special, Lance Lov Michael: The Lance Bass Weddg, is fely worth watchg.