They Are Probably Kerala's First Openly Gay 'Married' Couple & This Is Their Story

Contents:

• KERALA'S 1ST GAY COUPLE WHO GOT MARRIED IN A TEMPLE MOVE HIGH COURT TO GET MARRIAGE REGISTERED
• THEY ARE PROBABLY KERALA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY 'MARRIED' COUPLE & THIS IS THEIR STORY
• THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY UPLE MOV KERALA HIGH COURT FOR REGNN OF HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAG.
• MEET KERALA'S FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET 'MARRIED'
• KERALA’S FIRST OPENLY MARRIED GAY COUPLE IS NOW FIGHTG FOR RIGHT TO ADOPT
• MEET THE GAY UPLE THAT ASKED THE KERALA HIGH COURT TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY COUPLE MOV KERALA HC FOR REGNN OF HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG UNR SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT [READ PETN]
• FIRST KERALA GAY UPLE MOV HIGH URT TO STRIKE DOWN SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT

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.

THEY ARE PROBABLY KERALA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY 'MARRIED' COUPLE & THIS IS THEIR STORY

Though the Supreme Court had 2018 scrapped Sectn 377 and crimalized homosexualy the verdict stopped short of makg gay marriag legal.

Nikh Phkaran, 35, and Somu MS, 30, me out to the world on social media beg 'Kerala's first openly gay married uple'.

But exactly a year later, Nikh Phkaran, 35, and Somu MS, 30, me out to the world on social media beg ‘Kerala’s first openly gay married uple’. “We had been livg together for a year but no one (except for our fai) knew that we were a gay uple. But for them, embracg their sexual orientatn was never easy as homosexualy is yet to get the acceptance the society they were livg .

THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY UPLE MOV KERALA HIGH COURT FOR REGNN OF HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAG.

I told them that homosexualy is natural. The first married ‘gay’ uple has moved to the High Court of Kerala to challenge the provisns of Special Marriage Act of 1954 as they don’t ver and regnise the registratn of a homosexual marriage.

The petner has add that the non-regnn of homosexual marriag Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the discrimatory provisns of the Act are agast Articl 14, 15(1), 19(1) (a) and 21 of the Constutn of India.

The act of homosexualy was crimalized after the Judgment pronounced  Navtej Sgh Johar v. In dog, perpetuat a symbtic relatnship between anti-homosexual legislatn and tradnal genr rol. The notn of the nature of relatnships is fixed and is wh the ‘orr of nature’ perpetuated by genr rol, th excludg homosexualy om the narrative.

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

Siarly, the provisns of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 mt give equal accs to the stutn of marriage for homosexual upl. They referred to a judgment ma by the Supreme Court of the Uned Stat of Ameri clarg Homosexual Marriage is Constutnally Valid unr the le of law.

KERALA’S FIRST OPENLY MARRIED GAY COUPLE IS NOW FIGHTG FOR RIGHT TO ADOPT

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

Last Updated: September 07, 2019, 15:54 ISTThe uple feels that crimalisatn of homosexualy is a tone India’s history. They are the first —perhaps the only— openly married gay uple Kerala.

“I me to know about the gay datg applitn after my associatn wh queer groups Queerala and Queerythm, two proment LGBQI support groups the state. The uple feels that crimalisatn of homosexualy is a tone India’s history. A Chennai-based LGBTQI anisatn is planng to approach the Supreme Court wh the support of the homosexuals who’ve e up across the untry seekg to legalise homosexual marriage.

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

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. 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.

GAY COUPLE MOV KERALA HC FOR REGNN OF HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAG UNR SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT [READ PETN]

"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.

FIRST KERALA GAY UPLE MOV HIGH URT TO STRIKE DOWN SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT

"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. So many of our gay iends were sred of takg the risk of beg the first to e out.

He also tells that the people around them are not homophobic.