A lesbian couple have gotten married in Kolkata. Their marriage photo has gone viral on Facebook. Their marriage photo has been published on the Facebook page of a newspaper, which regularly writes about homosexuality. And the ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ soon began after that. Having tied the knot, the newlywed couple are quite enjoying the whole situation.
It has been reported they got married under proper Hindu customs. Their marriage photo has now gone viral across the whole of social media.
Both of them are new faces in the struggle for LGBT rights in the city. . Before that they made an appearance in ‘Spotwalk’ which was organized in Kolkata. Across many circles it is claimed that there are no providences within the Hindi customs for homosexual couples to get married. Which is why many are surprised after coming across their photo in Facebook. But after their photo was posted, many people from home and abroad have congratulated them. Having been showered with so many congratulations, the newlywed couple thanked everyone who supported them on the Facebook page of the newspaper their photo was published in.
This past June the American Supreme court proceeded to legalise homosexual marriages across all the other states. And yet homosexual marriages are still not legal within Indian laws. There has been a lot of unrest over this marriage. The chairman for National Transgender development Board, Ms Manvi Bondhpoddhay stated that, “I hope there are many more marriages like this. Social pressures should not oppress human will. Everyone should have the freedom to choose their life partners.”
Madonna has stood by the victims of the Orlando genocide. She vehemently expressed her distaste at the attack carried out by Omar Matin. She published a photo of her kissing another pop celebrity Britney Spears on Twitter. Taken in a show organized in 2003, this photo stirred up a storm back then. Madonna captioned the photo by writing, “Even if they are homosexual, everyone should be respected. May this cycle of hatred and persecution stop. No murder or killing should be justified by religion.”
Finally pop celebrity Madonna is entering the world of film direction. Based on Andrew Sheen’s novel ‘The Impossible Lives of Greta wells’, Madonna aims to put sexuality in the spotlight in this film, sexual discrimination as well as women and LGBT rights.
Itabarli Lozano, 17, was killed by his own mother because he was homosexual. The incident took place on December 2016, in the city of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Knifed to death, his dead body was recovered a week after and was then cremated on a nearby sugarcane field. Because both the father and the mother were suspected of being involved, they were both arrested and then jailed for 30 days.
CMT and I Heart Radio host Cody Allan, has finally come out as a gay man. He published a post on his Instagram feed in order to let his followers know. In his post he stated, ‘I wanted to share something with all of you today, and it is that I am gay. It is not something that I created willingly, instead it has been something I realised because of the life I have lead so far, it is how I feel.’
44 year old cody also informed the People Magazine during his interview about his struggles as a homosexual individual.
John Kerry has finally apologised because of his discrimination towards LGBT employees. An official statement from him has been published on the State Department’s website. An extract from John Kerry’s statement has been presented below,
“Throughout my career and indeed when I was the Secretary of State, I have always sided with the LGBT community, their rights, respect and in fact I have fought for the rights of all of the people. After 1940 in the decades that followed, sexual orientation was prioritized when recruiting personnel for different jobs within the State Department, something which was regarded as discriminatory by many people. Such discriminatory behaviour does not bode well for anyone and that is still true today. Which is why on behalf of the State Department I would like to apologise to the LGBT community.”