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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 upl. The 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. Pe is one of the few untri Lat Ameri that has not regnized same-sex marriage, though is not illegal to be gay.

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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.

KERALA'S 1ST GAY COUPLE WHO GOT MARRIED IN A TEMPLE MOVE HIGH COURT TO GET MARRIAGE REGISTERED

Nikh and Sonu, the first married gay uple om Kerala who got married 2019 have now filed a petn the Kerala High Court seekg to legally register their marriage. In their petn, they argued that the refal to register homosexual marriag unr the Special Marriage Act 1954 vlat the prcipl of equaly, non-arbrars, non-discrimatn, dividual digny and personal tonomy unr Articl 14, 15(1), 19(1)(a) and 21 of the Constutn of India. “The stutn of marriage affords certa rights and privileg to the persons matrimony the society and due to the aforaid excln, the homosexual upl like the petners are nied an opportuny to enjoy siar rights and privileg.

Though the Supreme Court had 2018 scrapped Sectn 377 and crimalized homosexualy the verdict stopped short of makg gay marriag legal. “We did to show that gay uple shoots n be as betiful and romantic as any other uple shoot and there’s nothg crgy or vulgar about , ” Nived strsed, highlightg how some prev photoshoots om the muny had e for flak. Wh a msage to show that gay weddgs too are normal the pair didn’t want to miss out on anythg other upl do weddgs.

AFTER PRE-WEDDG SHOOT GO VIRAL, KERALA GAY UPLE SAY THEY WANTED TO SHOW WAS NORMAL

When they do exchange vows later this month, they will be Kerala’s send openly married gay uple.

However, I kept this feelg to myself, bee of the taboo nature of the matter, ” wrote Nikh Usha Phkaran on his viral social media post while gog on to expla how normal is to be a homosexual, and reveal that Sonu M S and he have been livg as a “married uple” for a year.

“There are many gay upl Kerala who are leadg secret liv and I thk is meangls.

MEET KERALA'S FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET 'MARRIED'

However, is important to legalise gay marriage as right now we are jt livg as partners ont of the society.

MEET SONU AND NIKH, THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY COUPLE OM KERALA

Nived and Rahim would probably be the first gay uple om the State to get married after the Constutn Bench of the Supreme Court.

” In s epoch-makg judgement, a five-member Bench of the apex urt crimalised nsensual sex between adults of same urt held that the sectn would not apply to nsensual same-sex acts between homosexuals, lbians, and other sexual mori. Every day, we get phone lls om gay people who are facg unimagable societal and faial prsure to get married to a woman, ” he lbian marriagNo lbian marriag have taken place Kerala so far. Meet Kerala's first ‘married’ gay uple who, battg all odds, are leadg a life of fulfillment.

MEET THE GAY UPLE THAT ASKED THE KERALA HIGH COURT TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE

We know many gay, lbian upl who keep thgs hh-hh, fearg what others would say. Nikh feels spe crimalizg of Sectn 377, gay rights are limed to the eedom to have sex.

“Society is ls aware of homosexualy. Beg a gay uple wh s own advantag. The uple says their next step next is to fd like-md uple and take the highroad towards legal validatn of gay marriage and adoptn.

The uple has now moved the Kerala High Court, seekg legalisatn of gay marriag - a move that has ma them go viral on social media and has several youth and stunt groups cheerg for them.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

"However, we were told that there is no provisn India for a gay uple to register their marriage. Contrary to popular belief, don't say anythg about gay marriage.

"Though the text of the Act (Special Marriage Act 1954) do not exclu homosexual unns om s amb exprsly, Sectn 4 and Schl 2-4 to the Act rry a heterosexual unrtone s language as shows marriage as an affair between a male and a female or between bri and brigroom, " reads the uple's petn. It will help a lot of homosexual upl across the untry, " says Nikh.

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