Indian Gay Couple's Marriage Vows Come Wh Call for Regnn

Contents:

• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
• GAY INDIAN COUPLE HOLDS A TRADNAL WEDDG CEREMONY IN A HDU TEMPLE, AND THEIR PHOTOS GO VIRAL
• AFTER PRE-WEDDG SHOOT GO VIRAL, KERALA GAY UPLE SAY THEY WANTED TO SHOW WAS NORMAL
• IN THE WAKE OF PRI MONTH: ABHISHEK AND CHAANYA’S BLISSFUL JOURNEY IN INDIA’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• INDIAN GAY UPL PETN SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• INDIAN GAY UPL BEG LEGAL BATTLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGES IN INDIA: LEGAL RECOGNITION OF SAME SEX BY LAW
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• MARRIED TEXAS, GAY INDIAN UPLE SEEKS RIGHTS INDIA
• THIS INDIAN GAY UPLE SAID ‘I DO’ GIBRALTAR

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

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.

GAY INDIAN COUPLE HOLDS A TRADNAL WEDDG CEREMONY IN A HDU TEMPLE, AND THEIR PHOTOS GO VIRAL

He also revealed that the pair ‘me out’ as a gay uple to their parents after datg for a year, and were reward wh lots of creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyIn India, gay marriage hasn’t been regnized legally yet, wh opns on the issue varyg om disapprovg to favorable, pendg on the area, muny and temple creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena PhotographyImage creds: Charmi Pena Photography.

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. '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.

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

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. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". “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.

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. Their path to beg the first gay uple to marry India is a ttament to their unwaverg love, their fai’ open-mdns, and the evolvg acceptance of LGBTQ+ relatnships Indian society.

Maybe if we get a work opportuny a gay-iendly untry, we will nsir then. As the Supreme Court of India rerv s verdict on same-sex marriage India, Abhishek and Chaanya’s love story, culmatg India’s first gay marriage, spir all.

IN THE WAKE OF PRI MONTH: ABHISHEK AND CHAANYA’S BLISSFUL JOURNEY IN INDIA’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

In a landmark lg, India’s Supreme Court crimalised homosexualy on Thursday. But who are India’s gay celebri?

Wh gay sex only jt beg legal, will take time for the big stars India’s celebry world to e out. Here’s a list of India’s top lbian, gay, and bisexual stars. Director and producer Karan Johar has never officially e out as gay.

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

Decrimalisg homosexualy and abolishg #Sectn377 is a huge thumbs up for humany and equal rights! Award-wng filmmaker, edor and wrer Apurva Asrani, who is known workg on succsful films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CyLights (2014), is one of few openly gay men Indian cema.

He ntued: “There is much healg that needs to happen wh the gay muny. “The largt qutn, I thk, before India is not jt terms of legalisg homosexualy bisexualy or the transgenr muny, is social acceptance…there’s a great difference between the two thgs.

INDIAN GAY UPL PETN SUPREME COURT TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

New Delhi: 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 marriag. In 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 society.

INDIAN GAY UPL BEG LEGAL BATTLE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

The four gay upl want a Supreme Court lg that modifi or terprets laws a way that allows same-genr marriag, the urt filgs show. 4 billn people, where speakg openly about homosexualy is taboo for many. The Uned Stat this month approved legislatn that provis feral regnn to same-sex marriag a bid to further safeguard gay rights.

GAY MARRIAGES IN INDIA: LEGAL RECOGNITION OF SAME SEX BY LAW

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 orientatn. Except no one else knew about the gay uple’s was 2008. Homosexualy was yet to ga a gree of acceptance eply nservative India, wh many gay upl facg stigma and isolatn.

So Saxena and Kotia took their time, watchg om a distance how people’s acceptance of homosexualy was changg. Over the years, as Indian society beme more acceptg of homosexualy and much of the untry’s LGBTQ muny began celebratg their sexualy openly, the uple cid to make their relatnship known to their iends and fay.

Three other gay upl have filed siar petns that will be heard by the untry’s top urt March.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

If legalized, India would bee the send enomy Asia after Taiwan to regnize same-sex marriage, a signifint right for the untry’s LGBTQ muny more than four years after the top urt crimalized gay sex. The historic lg 2018 that stck down a lonial-era law that had ma gay sex punishable by up to 10 years prison expand nstutnal rights for the gay muny. The cisn was seen as a landmark victory for gay rights, wh one judge sayg would “pave the way for a better future.

”India’s Supreme Court has, however, signaled uld challenge the ernment’s January, s llegium — prisg the Chief Jtice of India and two Jtic — said the ernment was opposg a gay judge’s nomatn part bee of his sexual orientatn.

Gay upl and LGBTQ activists argue that by refg to regnize same-sex marriage, the ernment is privg homosexual upl of their right to equaly enshred the nstutn and opportuni enjoyed by married heterosexual upl.

MARRIED TEXAS, GAY INDIAN UPLE SEEKS RIGHTS INDIA

Gay and lbian upl are not allowed to have children born wh the help of an Indian surrogate mother.

Many such upl believe that legal regnn of same-sex marriage would not jt be a val step toward equaly but also rult more people g out as homosexuals and strengtheng their relatnship wh the state. Homosexualy has long rried a stigma India’s tradnal society, even though there has been a shift attus toward same-sex upl recent years.

THIS INDIAN GAY UPLE SAID ‘I DO’ GIBRALTAR

India now has openly gay celebri and some high-profile Bollywood films have alt wh gay issu. Acrdg to a Pew survey, acceptance of homosexualy India creased by 22 percentage pots to 37% between 2013 and many same-sex upl ntue to face harassment many Indian muni, whether Hdu, Mlim or December, India’s LGBTQ muny found support om an unexpected quarter.

Mohan Bhagwat’s ments, which uld force the ernment to reasss s posn, were a parture om the group’s long-held views on homosexualy, which has a tangled history India, even though some of Hduism’s most ancient texts are acceptg of same-sex upl.