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Contents:

• IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS
• BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• DAN BROCKLEBANK ‘HONOURED’ BY CORONATN STREET’S FIRST EVER SUCCSFUL GAY WEDDG
• BELFAST HOLDS UK'S FIRST 'GAY WEDDG'
• FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK
• CONVICTED MURRERS BEE FIRST GAY UPLE TO MARRY PRISON
• FIRST GAY MARRIED VIR ATTACKS CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BLSG LE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

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.

BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

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". 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.

However, his fay name giv him a higher profile Brish aristocratic circl; he is the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the World War II naval manr who led Allied ary forc southeast a reflectn of social change, royal attus to homosexualy have progrsed sce 1960 when Jeremy Fry, Lord Snowdon’s choice of bt man for his weddg to Prcs Margaret, was vetoed after was disvered he had a nvictn for a “mor homosexual offense.

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

”Harry and Meghan, who wed on May 19, have ma clear their support of gay rights, reportedly tellg gay legat om across Bra’s former empire, the Commonwealth that they would put LGBT issu at the ont of their William last year received the annual Brish LGBT Awards’ Celebry Straight Ally award. In his acceptance vio, he lled out homophobic bullyg.

"William also ma history May 2016 as the first Brish royal to be featured on the ver a gay magaze.

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

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.

"Ms Sickels wore a whe troer su; Ms Close wore a siar su black and both wore flowers their partnerships are not officially regard as gay marriag but mpaigners say they herald a new era of sexual first ceremoni were beg held Northern Ireland today as there is a shorter registratn perd the provce. Brighton register office has taken more bookgs om gay upl than any other the untry and will hold 198 civil partnership ceremoni before the end of the Civil Partnership Act, which me to effect on December 5, enabl same-sex upl to obta legal regnn of their relatnship, grantg them new rights areas such as employment, pensn and England and Wal, upl mt wa 15 days after givg notice that they wish to form a civil partnership.

Thirteen upl have already been regnised as civil partners unr special arrangements, whout a public they arrived for their ceremony, Ms Sickels, a playwright om New York, and Ms Close, a muny worker om Ahogill, Co Antrim, faced a prott om a group of evangelil protters, who gathered outsi the cy hall, monstrated agast the "s" of homosexualy and the new 100 guts attend the partnership ceremony, the first of three takg place at the cy hall Quiery, a iend of Ms Sickels and Ms Close, said: "It was movg and was very emotnal. Grane and Shannon's fai were there and their work lleagu, their iends, their heterosexual iends, their gay and lbian iends.

BELFAST HOLDS UK'S FIRST 'GAY WEDDG'

"As well as protters, a crowd of well-wishers and gay rights mpaigners had also gathered outsi the cy the ceremony, there were loud cheers as the uple were driven through a scm of photographers and meramen a tradnal black taxi wh a yellow ribbon tied to s Close told reporters: "We jt want to say that this is a very privileged posn we are this morng and for this is about makg a choice.

"The number of reported homophobic attacks Northern Ireland is latg, acrdg to the latt police figur.

FIRST CHURCH WEDDG FOR GAY UPLE IS HELD UK

The figur, om May this year, show crim volvg a homophobic motive rose to 196, pared wh 71 2003-04 and 35 2002-03.

CONVICTED MURRERS BEE FIRST GAY UPLE TO MARRY PRISON

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.

FIRST GAY MARRIED VIR ATTACKS CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BLSG LE

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.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN IS FIRST AMERIN MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

'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.