Meet Sonu and Nikh, the First ‘Married’ Gay Couple om Kerala - News18

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• KERALA'S 1ST GAY COUPLE WHO GOT MARRIED IN A TEMPLE MOVE HIGH COURT TO GET MARRIAGE REGISTERED
• MEET KERALA'S FIRST GAY UPLE TO GET 'MARRIED'
• THEY ARE PROBABLY KERALA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY 'MARRIED' COUPLE & THIS IS THEIR STORY
• MEET SONU AND NIKH, THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY COUPLE OM KERALA
• NIKH & SONU - THE FIRST GAY UPLE TO CHALLENGE THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT IS HOPEFUL OF JTICE
• THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY UPLE MOV KERALA HIGH COURT FOR REGNN OF HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAG.
• KERALA’S FIRST OPENLY MARRIED GAY COUPLE IS NOW FIGHTG FOR RIGHT TO ADOPT
• MEET KERALA, INDIA’S FIRST “MARRIED” GAY COUPLE

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.

Though the Supreme Court had 2018 scrapped Sectn 377 and crimalized homosexualy the verdict stopped short of makg gay marriag legal. 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. Nikh Phkaran, 35, and Somu MS, 30, me out to the world on social media beg 'Kerala's first openly gay married uple'.

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

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 .

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

I told them that homosexualy is natural. Meet Kerala's first ‘married’ gay uple who, battg all odds, are leadg a life of fulfillment.

We know many gay, lbian upl who keep thgs hh-hh, fearg what others would say.

MEET SONU AND NIKH, THE FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY COUPLE OM KERALA

Nikh feels spe crimalizg of Sectn 377, gay rights are limed to the eedom to have sex.

“Society is ls aware of homosexualy. Beg a gay uple wh s own advantag.

NIKH & SONU - THE FIRST GAY UPLE TO CHALLENGE THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT IS HOPEFUL OF JTICE

The uple says their next step next is to fd like-md uple and take the highroad towards legal validatn of gay marriage and adoptn. Know the soulmat- Nikh Phkaran (37) a bsman and Sonu MS (33) a techie who are Kerala's first married gay uple.

We want other rights too as a homosexual uple" asserts the duo. Gay Couple Nikh and Sonu" If there is a medil emergency and I have to unrgo a surgery, Sonu won't be able to sign the nsent document and my parents will have to do that.

We are 'Unique creatns' of GodNikh and Sonu are vol on their inti and munite unhatgly wh people to spread awarens on homosexualy. We want to live together for a 100 more years and if there is another birth, we would like to be born aga as gays and fd each other" the uple n also jo our WhatsApp group to get premium and selected news of The Mooknayak on WhatsApp. 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 FIRST ‘MARRIED’ GAY UPLE MOV KERALA HIGH COURT FOR REGNN OF HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAG.

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. 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.

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

Special Marriage Act, 1954 don’t regnize Homosexual Marriag.

, Gay Couple Mov Kerala HC For Regnn Of Homosexual Marriag Unr Special Marriage ActTim of India, Gay uple mov Kerala high urt to register marriage. The New Indian Exprs, Kerala’s first gay uple mov High Court to legalise their marriage. Born as a male, I too n give birth to a baby, kerala's first gay uple nived opens up.

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.

MEET KERALA, INDIA’S FIRST “MARRIED” GAY COUPLE

“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.