Meet Kerala's first gay uple to get 'married' | Kochi News - Tim of India

Contents:

• ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK
• PICS: GAY COUPLE, RNED BY KERALA HIGH COURT IN MAY, NOW EXCHANGE RGS
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• KERALA'S 1ST GAY COUPLE WHO GOT MARRIED IN A TEMPLE MOVE HIGH COURT TO GET MARRIAGE REGISTERED
• AFTER PRE-WEDDG SHOOT GO VIRAL, KERALA GAY UPLE SAY THEY WANTED TO SHOW WAS NORMAL
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• MEET KERALA'S FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET 'MARRIED'
• MEET THE GAY UPLE THAT ASKED THE KERALA HIGH COURT TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE
• KERALA GAY COUPLE WANTED TO SHOW IT WAS 'NORMAL' AFTER PRE-WEDDG SHOOT CREAT STIR

ONLY LADS : EE GAY DATG & GAY CHAT SOCIAL WORK

Only Lads: ee gay datg & gay chat social work. The uple last month shared pictur of their seasi functn on Nasar and Fathima Noora, a gay uple who were rned by the Kerala High Court May after beg separated by their parents, recently exchanged uple last month shared pictur of their seasi functn on Instagram wh the ptn "Achievement unlocked: Together Forever". "The uple met Sdi Arabia when they were stunts and later cid to live together but faced a tough tt after their fay objected to their Nasar her petn said she reached Kerala's Kozhiko May and met Ms Noora, and for some days they lived a shelter home, but the police tervened after beg tracked by their Nasar's relativ took the uple to Aluva om Kozhiko and after a few days Ms Noora's parents took her away by force as Kerala High Court led their favour after they were forcefully Supreme Court, 2018, had crimalised nsensual same-sex relatnships s landmark judgments, strikg down the lonial-era years after s judgment, the Supreme Court has sought the Centre's rponse separate pleas by two gay upl seekg enforcement of their right to marry and a directn to the thori to register their marriage unr the Special Marriage pleas seek a directn that the right to marry a person of one's choice be extend to the LGBTQ (lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, queer) people as part of their fundamental right.

PICS: GAY COUPLE, RNED BY KERALA HIGH COURT IN MAY, NOW EXCHANGE RGS

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. 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.

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

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

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

The bsman and his wife, Melissa, first plaed to the Front Porch proprietors about pre-dawn vendor liveri 2019, not long after the nservative Christian uple moved their fancial firm right next door to the rtrant, which fli a gay Pri flag. (Front Porch Market and Grill)What’s more, the Washers say, the ad rat was jt one more sult that the uple, who once planted an “all liv matter” sign their ont yard, have endured sce movg next door to a rtrant owned by a gay uple.

They married 2020, five years after they opened the Front Porch, which quickly beme a statn The Front Porch has been flyg a Pri flag on s pat sce 2016, not long after a gunman killed 49 people a gay bar Orlando. Waybourn was print of the Dallas Gay Alliance when sued Parkland Memorial Hospal for failg to provi readily available medic to AIDS patients. In 1991, he lnched the Gay and Lbian Victory Fund (now the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund) to elect openly gay policians to office.

He served as managg director of the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn, or GLAAD, which he helped turn to a natnal group.

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

He owned gay newspapers Hoton, Atlanta, New York and Washgton. “I had so many threats agast me that even the Dallas police statned squad rs outsi our home, ” Waybourn an activist, Waybourn says, his goals were clear: same-sex marriage, gays and lbians the ary, accs to lifavg medic. To the activist, feels like a step backward after a lifetime of fightg for gay pack the seats at the Board of Zong Appeals hearg hosted at Grace Epispal Church.

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

“I have que a few gay iends, clients and a fay member, and I have patronized a gay-owned rtrant for years, ” he whether the Washers are tryg to remake The Plas to their image of Ameri — Whe, nservative, Christian — Melissa said, “I n see where you’re g om. 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.

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. "However, we were told that there is no provisn India for a gay uple to register their marriage.

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

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.

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.

"Later, I took my fay too to my therapist, who explaed to them that was not wrong for me to be gay. "My manager had told me to report immediately if I e across anythg homophobic.

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

The uple also tells how they're happy wh the way that movi the days showse gay relatnships. Geethu Mohandas' Moothon too portrayed gay relatnships well.

KERALA GAY COUPLE WANTED TO SHOW IT WAS 'NORMAL' AFTER PRE-WEDDG SHOOT CREAT STIR

This is a big change om homophobic and transphobic films like Chanthupottu, which me out the past, " says Nikh.