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Contents:

• IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS
• DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG
• VIO: WATCH THE UK’S FIRST GAY WEDDG CEREMONY
• FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK
• WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
• LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO
• BUILDG WH INDIA LKS TO HOST UK’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
• THIS INDIAN GAY UPLE SAID ‘I DO’ GIBRALTAR
• I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS
• INDIAN GAY UPLE WED SPE UNCERTATY OVER GAY MARRIAGE
• HDU, JEWISH WOMEN MARRY UK’S FIRST TERFAH GAY WEDDG
• VIO: WATCH THE UK’S FIRST GAY WEDDG CEREMONY

IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS

Image source, RtersSame-sex upl England and Wal are celebratg after gay marriage beme legal. Image source, Getty ImagSupporters gathered outsi Islgton Town Hall London to ngratulate the pair on beg among the first gay upl to marry the UK. Some gay upl, cludg John Coffey and Bernardo Marti London, started their ceremoni late on Friday orr to marry jt after the law changed at midnight.

The first gay weddgs are expected Stland October; Northern Ireland has no plans to allow gay marriage. Image source, Getty ImagTera Millward, pictured wh her new wife Helen Brearley after their weddg Halifax on Saturday morng, said gettg a weddg certifite would mean there was "te equaly" the law change took effect, allowg upl such as Phil Robathan and Jam Prton to marry, Liberal Democrat lear Nick Clegg said "gettg to aln ernment will have been worth " if helped jt one young gay person feel "safer, stronger, taller".

DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG

Some relig groups, cludg the Catholic Church, rema opposed to gay marriage, but Archbishop of Canterbury Jt Welby said: "The law's changed; we accept the suatn.

Fdg gay love songs which don't heavily reference genr stereotyp upl n be tricky, as so many songs are wrten om a cis-het relatnship perspective. If you’d prefer not to have lyrics at all, feel ee to browse through the Vam Strg Quartet’s album The Gay Weddg Collectn – ’s full of strg vers of the lik of Your Song, At Last, and Like A Prayer, makg an ial choice for background mic durg your drks receptn or weddg breakfast. The Bt Genr Ntral & Gay Love Songs.

One of the UK’s first gay married upl, Sclair Treadway, 20, and Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 31, have released a vio of their marriage ceremony. Queerty were the first to break the news wh a speech om openly gay Mayor of Camn, Jonathan Simpson.

VIO: WATCH THE UK’S FIRST GAY WEDDG CEREMONY

Subscribe to Queerty for a daily dose of #entertament #gaylondon #gaymarriage stori and more. Two women have married what is believed to be the UK's first gay weddg held a Tipper and Barb Burn tied the knot at the Metropolan muny church (MCC) Bournemouth, Dorset, on law allowed same-sex upl to marry on 29 March, but this was the first ceremony to be nducted a relig buildg, the MCC Rev Dwayne Man, who officiated at the ceremony, said the church had taken pri celebratg diversy and lled a historic and Tipper, who have attend MCC for 15 years, said they were surprised to disver their weddg was a first.

Unfortunately shows the lack of effective mistry by most church to gay people so many ways.

"We are grateful to all those who have stggled for the rights of gay people for so many years that has led to this historic day. Jt four FayMorn Fay ma great stris givg Ameri a gay uple that they uld not jt love, but one that they uld relate to. " Kev and Stty's weddg was a landmark moment for gay marriage on work ble, as "Prr Commtments" was the first same-sex marriage held between seri regulars on a work TV show, acrdg to Rollg 's AnatomyAfter seasons of pullg for the "" uple of Grey's Anatomy, Derek and Meredh, Grey's dienc were given a new uple to root for: Callie and Arizona.

FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK

(The Goln Girls had aired a gay "mment ceremony" earlier 1991, but the word marriage wasn't said. Near the end of the episo, Roc says he's not yet fortable wh his uncle beg gay, but he's learng to be "fortable wh beg unfortable, " which is a big step for him.

"Can't Help" is chock full of the sorts of easy gay jok that typified a lot of '90s edi featurg gay characters. At one pot, Andrew sists that he didn't thk black people uld be gay, bee they weren't scend om "sissy" Europeans. When Andrew tells him this is jt a phase, spurred by havg married an "ugly woman, " Rsell says that, no, he's been gay his whole life and jt lyg to himself.

What ma the battle for gay rights so different was that anybody uld be gay, so, siarly, anybody uld be prejudiced. The characters don't make all of the way to full acceptance of gay rights by the end of the episo.

WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

" Roc posns the fight for gay rights as on a ntuum wh all other civil rights battl, and that was somethg few other elements of pop culture were alg wh at the time.

Beg homophobic is simple when you don't know any gay people.

LGBT REPRENTATN ON TV THROUGH THE AG – OM EASTENRS’ FIRST GAY KISS TO TRANSGENR SUPERHERO

It's far more plited when your own brother or uncle is gay. 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. 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.

BUILDG WH INDIA LKS TO HOST UK’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

'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".

While we may now take for granted the prence of queer figureheads on TV, ls than 30 years ago the mere prence of someone intifyg as gay uld send viewers to a tailsp, pecially as beg gay – or gay marriage – was illegal. For ’s Pri Week, we’ve looked back through the years of LGBT relatnships on TV, celebratg landmark moments and trailblazg shownners who fied the odds to get the sential scen on air while startg to break down homophobia and transphobia the procs.

THIS INDIAN GAY UPLE SAID ‘I DO’ GIBRALTAR

Here are jt some of the characters and shows that broke new ground brgg lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer stori to our screens.

1989: Col Rsell and Guido Smh air first gay kiss on UK TV Eastenrs. Col Rsell and Guido Smh aired the first lip-to-lip kiss on Eastenrs (Picture: BBC)In 1989, the first lip-to-lip gay kiss aired on Brish TV urty of Eastenrs.

It happened between Col Rsell (Michael Cashman) and his romantic other half Guido Smh (Nicholas Donovan) – after years of character Col beg out and gay on the seri. 1994: Brooksi airs first pre-watershed gay kiss between Beth and Margaret.

I WATCHED ONE OF BRA'S FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDGS

The first lbian kiss beme so inic aired as part of the 2012 Olympic ceremony (Picture: Channel 4)Brooksi’s 1994 lbian kiss between Beth (Anna Friel) and Margaret (Nila Stephenson) is often ced as the first UK gay kiss, but unfortunately they were five years late.

It was also the first gay kiss between two women. The moment was so inic, even managed to land a place a montage for the2012 London Olympic Openg Ceremony – airg across the world cludg untri where homosexualy was illegal.

INDIAN GAY UPLE WED SPE UNCERTATY OVER GAY MARRIAGE

Sean and Pedro held their first gay mment ceremony on TV1994: The Real World airs first gay weddg ceremony on TV, and stars HIV+ nttant. In 1994, realy TV show The Real World: San Francis broke some ser ground whout even meang to when gay uple Sean Sasser and Pedro Zamora held a mment ceremony to each other live on air.

Exchangg vows and rgs, the pair effectively beme the first gay weddg to ever air on televisn. But the show phed forward regardls, and even had gay rights activist Candace Ggrich officiate the weddg to drive the pot home. 1997: Ellen Degener out as gay on her s.

It’s one of the most fg moments of the late 90s – Ellen Degener g out as gay, first as a character on her show, and then publicly shortly after.

HDU, JEWISH WOMEN MARRY UK’S FIRST TERFAH GAY WEDDG

Queer as Folk was a no-holds-barred look at life of three gay men Manchter (Picture: Channel 4)1999: Queer As Folk lnch the UK.

VIO: WATCH THE UK’S FIRST GAY WEDDG CEREMONY

Starrg Aidan Gillan, Charlie Hunnam and Craig Kelly – Queer As Folk beme groundbreakg telly part to s no-holds-barred look at life and sex on the Manchter gay scene. Lnched by Rsell T Davi, Queer as Folk aired at a turng pot time for homosexualy and acceptance, wh the ernment that same year lowerg the age of nsent for gay sex down to 16, the same as heterosexual sex. While there was fely some problematic elements to the show, still showed beg gay a much more well-round, ls stereotypil light than before, and was one of the first major seri to lead off three gay characters.

‘Every show has a gay character now. First havg a heterosexual relatnship wh Oz (Seth Green), Willow veloped feelgs and relatnship wh young wch Tara (Amber Benson), before g out as gay to her iends. 2009: Morn Fay troduce gay uple Cam and Mch adoptg a Vietname baby.