From Mantra To Varmala, Tradn Rul At Gay Couple’s Kolkata ‘we Do’ Moment | Kolkata News - Tim of India

Contents:

• GAY UPLE GETS MARRIED KOLKATA; PICTUR TAKE TER BY STORM
• GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT A TRADNAL CEREMONY
• GAY UPL INDIA ASK SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• 'WE DO': GAY COUPLE KOLKATA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS GRAND WEDDG CEREMONY
• GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]
• GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT PRENCE OF FAY MEMBERS KOLKATA, WEDDG PICTUR GO VIRAL
• KOLKATA: GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT TRADNAL WEDDG CEREMONY
• FROM MANTRA TO VARMALA, TRADN L AT GAY UPLE’S KOLKATA ‘WE DO’ MOMENT
• GAY COUPLE TI THE KNOT IN KOLKATA, SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWERS LOVE
• “WE DO”: GAY UPLE KOLKATA MAK A GRAND WEDDG PROCSN
• DPE SOCIAL MARRIAGE, GAY UPL STILL YEARN FOR LEGAL RIGHTS
• GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT KOLKATA, SAYS ‘LOVE ALWAYS WS’

GAY UPLE GETS MARRIED KOLKATA; PICTUR TAKE TER BY STORM

When Kolkata’s Abhishek Ray exchanged maral vows wh his Gurgaon-based partner Chaanya Sharma at a cy banquet on Sunday, the Cy of Joy wnsed s first gay weddg. From gaye holud, asirbad, mehendi and sangeet to saat pheras, malabodol and khoi porono, a lol prit nducted the weddg as per Bengali ruals. Although the Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy 2018, same-sex upl nnot get their marriage legally registered.

Sectn 377 allows gay upl to be together, ” said Abhishek, addg, “In a social weddg, is not jt two people gettg married, but is about two fai g together.

GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT A TRADNAL CEREMONY

Gay marriag might not be legal, but dog this social event wh loved on is important to celebrate our love.

I gus this is the first gay weddg Kolkata and I hope this is followed by several such marriag and be as natural and normal as any other weddg.

GAY UPL INDIA ASK SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

”Hope this enurag gay upl to enjoy life eelyChaanya, who was holdg his partner’s hand throughout the ceremony, had revealed his sexual orientatn to his fay 2016.

The uple eventually plans to settle abroad to live a more gay-iendly environment.

Unfortunately, the l, regulatns and laws don’t allow gay upl to adopt children.

'WE DO': GAY COUPLE KOLKATA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS GRAND WEDDG CEREMONY

He said, “It’s not every day that you get to wns a same-sex marriage or gay weddg the untry, leave alone Kolkata. REUTERS/Anhree FadnavisSummarySupreme Court to hear gay marriage se JanuaryFour gay upl say nied basic fundamental rightsModi ernment has opposed same-sex marriageCase seen as key tt for Modi ernmentNEW DELHI, Dec 19 (Rters) - Four gay upl have asked India's Supreme Court to regnise same-sex marriag, settg the stage for a legal face-off wh Prime Mister Narendra Modi's ernment which has the past refed to legalise such a historic verdict 2018, India's top urt crimalised homosexualy by scrappg a lonial-era ban on gay sex. Dpe the 2018 lg, members of India's lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny pla about a lack of acceptance and discrimatn agast gay people Indian activists say that while 2018 lg affirmed their nstutnal rights, they are still prived of legal backg for same-sex marriag, a basic right enjoyed by heterosexual married three Supreme Court filgs seen by Rters, the upl say that whout legal regnn of beg married, they are nied rights such as those lked to medil nsent, pensns, adoptn or even simpler thgs like club memberships for upl.

"In tth, they have no rights at all, " the filg four gay upl want a Supreme Court lg that modifi or terprets laws a way that allows same-genr marriag, the urt filgs is a sensive subject the socially nservative untry of 1. 4 billn people, where speakg openly about homosexualy is taboo for pleas have already triggered a bate on prime-time TV news and generated edorials newspapers whether the time has e for the world's largt mocracy to jo roughly three dozen untri where such marriag are Uned Stat this month approved legislatn that provis feral regnn to same-sex marriag a bid to further safeguard gay Indian Supreme Court s, which follow many lawsus filed lower urts where no cisn was reached, will be a key tt for Modi's Hdu natnalist ernment and his Monday, a feral lawmaker om Modi's party appealed to lleagu the upper hoe of parliament to oppose legal regnn of marriage between same-sex upl.

GAY MARRIAGE BY STATE [UPDATED JULY 2023]

"Backg the upl are high-profile lawyers cludg one of India's former Attorney Generals and another unsel named Srabh Kirpal, who is openly gay and an terview last month acced Modi's ernment of layg his elevatn as a state judge due to his sexual and Modi's office did not rpond to a requt for ment on those remarks.

GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT PRENCE OF FAY MEMBERS KOLKATA, WEDDG PICTUR GO VIRAL

Ray and Sharma are well-aware that gay marriage is not legally regnised India and nnot be registered, but is not listed as a “crimal offence" reactn of the prit who solemnised the weddg was the most assurg for the uple.

KOLKATA: GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT TRADNAL WEDDG CEREMONY

Gay marriage, also known as same-sex marriage, is the marriage of people of the same sex or genr.

Gay marriag ma progrs the 1980s, when Berkeley, California, pass the untry’s first domtic partnership law. Massachetts beme the first state to legalize gay marriage 2003.

FROM MANTRA TO VARMALA, TRADN L AT GAY UPLE’S KOLKATA ‘WE DO’ MOMENT

California and Connecticut legalized gay marriage 2008, followed by Iowa, Vermont, and New Hampshire. On November 6, 2012, Mae, Maryland, and Washgton beme the first stat to legalize gay marriage through a popular vote. Dpe this, not all stat are abidg and have enacted nstutnal or statutory bans on gay marriage known as “Defense of Marriage” acts.

GAY COUPLE TI THE KNOT IN KOLKATA, SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWERS LOVE

Gay Marriage by State.

“WE DO”: GAY UPLE KOLKATA MAK A GRAND WEDDG PROCSN

Stat and the District of Columbia have legalized gay marriage.

DPE SOCIAL MARRIAGE, GAY UPL STILL YEARN FOR LEGAL RIGHTS

In the 2020 electn, Nevada beme the first state to regnize gay marriage a state nstutn.

Below are the stat that have legalized gay marriage the orr which they legalized. The followg stat have not legalized gay marriage:. Kolkata: A gay uple, Chean Sharrma and Abhishek Ray got married an timate and tradnal ceremony Kolkata on July 3.

GAY UPLE TI THE KNOT KOLKATA, SAYS ‘LOVE ALWAYS WS’

” From the Haldi ceremony (gaye holud) to ashirbad, mehendi, sangeet, saat pheras, malabodol, and khoi poron, all the marriage ceremoni were nducted as per tradnal Bengali ruals by a lol uple ti the knot prence of fay members KolkataPhoto: Twter The weddg ceremony began wh Ganh sthapna the morng of July 1, followed by a tilak ceremony the eveng on the same day. They clud Judh Kasen-Wdsor, widow of gay rights activist Edie Wdsor; Matthew Hayn, -owner of Club Q, the LGBTQ club Colorado Sprgs where a gunman last month killed five people a mass shootg; Club Q shootg survivors Jam Slgh and Michael Anrson; and a number of platiffs om s that culmated the landmark civil rights se Obergefell vs. Philanthropist and Democratic donor David Boht, who has been an outspoken gay- and transgenr-rights activist and longtime supporter of Bin, told CNN that Tuday’s bill signg uld not e at a more ccial moment.