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• FIRST STTISH 'GAY WEDDG' TAK PLACE
• SONGS OF PRAISE AS GAY UPLE GET HCHED CHURCH
• IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS
• NILA STURGEON ROW OVER FIRST GAY WEDDG
• FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT
• FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT
• FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT
• SAME SEX MARRIAGE: HOGMANAY DATE SET FOR FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLANDGAY UPL, CHARY LEARS AND POLICIANS WELED TODAY'S STTISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SAME SEX PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO TIE THE KNOT MARRIAGE CEREMONI OM DECEMBER 31.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYFRASER WILSON13:14, 13 OCT 2014UPDATED09:49, 14 OCT 2014BOOKMARKJERRY SLATER (LEFT) WH HIS PARTNER LARRY LAMONT ON CALTON HILL EDBURGH AFTER THE STTISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST SAME SEX MARRIAGE CEREMONI STLAND ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE ON HOGMANAY (IMAGE: PA/ANDREW MILLIGAN)GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• FIRST GAY WEDDGS TAKE PLACE IN STLAND AFTER STROKE OF MIDNIGHT
• COUPLE HAVE STLAND’S FIRST GAY JEWISH WEDDG
• STLAND'S FIRST 'GAY WEDDG' TO BE HELD TODAY
• GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND

FIRST STTISH 'GAY WEDDG' TAK PLACE

"Today was important for bee we love each other, and for the first time our untry is sayg to : 'You guys are OK, your love is valid', " Mr Maguire ceremony took place a day after Gráne Close and Shannon Sickels beme the first gay uple to hold a UK civil partnership ceremony at the cy hall Belfast, Northern Ireland. Acrdg to the General Register Office, 687 civil partnerships will take place England and Wal tomorrow, cludg that of Sir Elton John and David Edburgh today, Mr Maguire and Mr Stt-Mackay were si the register office for jt over half an hour as the assistant registrar, Kirsty Skelton, nducted the ocsn clud a recal of A Man's A Man, by Robert Burns, as well as a readg om Peter Pan and the song Sunshe On Leh, by the 45 iends and fay members were at the register office to wns the ceremony, which began wh a wele om Calum Irvg, of the gay rights group the ceremony, Mr Stt-Mackay, who was wearg a kilt the Mackay tartan, said: "It's very excg and very overwhelmg. The first gay weddg to be held at the Uned Reformed Church, Rutherglen, Glasgow, between Ian McDowell (L) and Jamie (Jam) Wallace (R).

SONGS OF PRAISE AS GAY UPLE GET HCHED CHURCH

Their marriage is a morn love story for Stland and yterday Jamie Wallace and Ian McDowall beme one of the first gay upl to tie the knot church. He said: “Jamie and Ian’s weddg is yet another wele landmark as we ntue to make sure, morn Stland, gay people have the same rights to marriage as everyone else. Image source, RtersSame-sex upl England and Wal are celebratg after gay marriage beme legal.

IN PICTUR: UK'S FIRST GAY WEDDGS

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". 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. PolicsTHE First Mister has been dragged to a bter war of words over the first gay weddg ceremony to take place Sturgeon has accepted an vatn to be a wns at the December 31 weddg ceremony of Gerrie and San Douglas-Stt om Glasgow.

NILA STURGEON ROW OVER FIRST GAY WEDDG

Humanists were planng a “first” gay weddg for a gay uple om Clackmannanshire and tried and failed to secure Ms Sturgeon’s well as baggg the star gut, looks likely that Gerrie and San will bee the first to nclu the weddg McLennan has now publicly acced Gerrie and San of beg misleadg and gog behd his even emailed fellow humanists suggtg they do not officiate at the “rival” he suggted both women uld be kicked out of the Humanist Society Tuday same sex upl were able to nvert existg civil partnerships after gay marriage was ma legal upl not civil partnerships mt wa until the first sends of December 31 before havg a legally-bdg weddg ceremony.

Humanists refully anised a first gay weddg for Clackmannanshire uple Malx Brown and Joe Schofield, both 42, timg their ceremony Glasgow to the ved Ms Sturgeon and Sttish Green party lear and MSP Patrick Harvie, both of whom will be wns at the “rival” weddg also McLennan said yterday his anisatn had been ma to look like “idts” said: “We knew that they [San and Gerrie] wished to have a ceremony on 31st December as would other upl. The first gay weddg ceremoni Stland took place on Wednday jt after the stroke of midnight, as two upl tied the knot Glasgow. More than 250 gay upl have already nverted their civil partnerships to marriage this month.

Northern Ireland has no plans to troduce gay marriage. Last Updated: December 31, 2014, 20:49 ISTThe uple also drank whisky om a quaich, a two-handled vsel often referred to as "the lovg cup", as per the Sttish The first gay weddg ceremoni Stland took place on Wednday jt after the stroke of midnight, as two upl tied the knot Glasgow.

FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT

Those that mpaign for gay rights Cha still face harassment om thori or burecratic roadblocks. The first gay weddg ceremoni Stland took place today jt after the stroke of midnight, as two upl tied the knot Glasgow. In 1975 bgrapher Antonia Fraser wr there is ‘no reason not to assume the obv, ’ namely that he was gay.

1957: the UK ernment create a Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn. Male homosexualy remas a crime Stland and Northern Ireland.

FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT

It’s a self-help anisatn workg for the rights of homosexual men and women. 1972: SMG lnch Edburgh Gay Swchboard. They also hold the Internatnal Gay Rights Congrs at Edburgh Universy Stunt’s Unn.

FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLAND HELD AT MIDNIGHT

1975: Stland’s first Gay Centre opens at 60 Broughton Street, Edburgh.

SAME SEX MARRIAGE: HOGMANAY DATE SET FOR FIRST GAY WEDDGS STLANDGAY UPL, CHARY LEARS AND POLICIANS WELED TODAY'S STTISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SAME SEX PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO TIE THE KNOT MARRIAGE CEREMONI OM DECEMBER 31.DAILYRERDBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYFRASER WILSON13:14, 13 OCT 2014UPDATED09:49, 14 OCT 2014BOOKMARKJERRY SLATER (LEFT) WH HIS PARTNER LARRY LAMONT ON CALTON HILL EDBURGH AFTER THE STTISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST SAME SEX MARRIAGE CEREMONI STLAND ARE SET TO TAKE PLACE ON HOGMANAY (IMAGE: PA/ANDREW MILLIGAN)GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET THE LATT TOP NEWS STORI SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR BOX WH OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

1977: the Glasgow Gay Centre opens on Schiehall Street.

FIRST GAY WEDDGS TAKE PLACE IN STLAND AFTER STROKE OF MIDNIGHT

1980: Sttish Homosexual Rights Group (SHRG) opens a Gay Club on Queens Crcent.

2002: The Homophobic Crime Le was started Glasgow.

2019: Stland’s Makar Jackie Kay (who has wrten of how she realised she was gay at 17, but felt unable to al wh this for some years after) pos a poem about Mary Queen of Sts givg birth for the new Edburgh Castle d gui.

COUPLE HAVE STLAND’S FIRST GAY JEWISH WEDDG

This post has been amend to reflect more of Glasgow’s LGBT+ history, wh thanks to David Thomas, Former Director of Glasgow LGBT Centre, Lbian & Gay Swchboard and Wt of Stland LGBT Fom.

STLAND'S FIRST 'GAY WEDDG' TO BE HELD TODAY

Image source, Tged Memori/Equaly NetworkImage ptn, Joe Schofield (left) and partner Mallm Brown (right) will be among the first to marry unr the new lawStland's first same-sex weddgs are due to take place on New Year's Schofield and Mallm Brown will tie the knot at a humanist ceremony at the Tras Hall Glasgow, while San and Gerrie Douglas-Stt will be married new law on gay marriage me to effect Stland earlier this month and the first weddgs are due to be held at 00:01 on upl will be joed by guts cludg the First Sturgeon and Sttish Green Party -nvener Patrick Harvie MSP will act as wns at the marriage of San and Gerrie, while Stland's natnal poet Liz Lochhead and Sttish ernment mister Mar Biagi MSP are expected to attend the ceremony for Mr Schofield and Mr Brown. " Acrdg to the Sttish ernment, 17 same-sex upl are expected to marry on French, om the chary the Equaly Network - which mpaigns for the rights of Stland's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) muni - said: "While our mpaign for equal marriage Stland was fundamentally about changg the law was also about changg attus too.

GAY MARRIAGE SCOTLAND

SCOTLAND will stage s first same-sex weddgs this year as Health Secretary Alex Neil announced gay upl n tie the knot marriage ceremoni om December 31. He also strsed the importance of the legislatn for all Sttish lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people who "grew up a untry where beg gay was still crimalised until 1981".

" Col Macfarlane, director of the LGBT equaly chary Stonewall Stland, also weled the news and said: 'We're lighted that today's announcement will mean lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people will now be able to set a date and beg plans for their weddgs. Han Smh and Jennifer Andreacchi recently ma ternatnal news for beg the first gay uple to have a Jewish weddg Stland. But at the time they met, they had never been to Stland, and they didn’t yet intify as gay — or Jewish.

When Andreacchi realized she might be gay, she chose Smh to e out to first, “as n often be easier to tell a stranger than someone close to you, ” she said. In Edburgh, the uple found a welg Jewish muny, where, they said, many of the younger muny members are gay. But Edburgh, they found a welg Jewish muny, where, they said, many of the younger muny members are gay.