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Malawi: Gay Couple Denied Bail

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Two gay Malawian men charged with gross public indecency after getting engaged have been remanded in custody until their trial starts next week. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were arrested last month at the home they share in the city of Blantyre.

The pair, believed to be the first gay couple in Malawi to start the process of getting married, pleaded not guilty to the charges last week.

Homosexual acts carry a maximum prison sentence of 14 years in Malawi. Prosecutors have said they would send the pair to hospital to prove they have had sex together but their lawyers say he will resist this.

Full Story from BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8439918.stm

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Malawi: Gay Couple Beaten in Prison, May Break Up

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Since they became the first openly gay couple in Malawi to be engaged, Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza have been arrested, put in prison and charged with offences that could lead to a 14-year jail sentence.

Between true love and gay martyrdom, however, is the brutal reality of life in a Malawi prison. Yesterday, in their first interview since being jailed, the pair claimed that they had been beaten in prison, and demanded to go to court to prove their innocence.

While Mr Chimbalanga, 20, who dresses as a woman, spoke defiantly of his love for the man he plans to marry, Mr Monjeza, 22, said that he was “drunk” when they met and was considering ending their engagement. The couple, who denied three charges of unnatural practices between males and gross indecency, performed a public engagement ceremony in front of 500 onlookers last weekend. They were arrested two days later.

Full Story from the Times Online: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6974678.ece

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India: Gay Couple Marries, Goes Into Hiding

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The gay couple in Madhya Pradesh, who entered into a wedlock on Saturday have gone into hiding owing to soceital pressures. Israr, 25, and Ayaz, 30, tied the knot after knowing each other for a period of nine years.

Interestingly, both the men are already married separately. Ayaz has two daughters from his marriage and Israr wedded a girl six months back.

The duo, who are employed in a voluntary organisation working on prohibition, said that there were under great strain due to the relationship and added that they were not in a position to speak on the issue at length.

Full Story from DNA India: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_madhya-pradesh-gay-couple-go-into-hiding-after-tying-knot_1330709

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Malawi: Engaged Couple May Be "Tested" To See if They Had Sex

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The first gay couple to marry in Malawi face a humiliating medical examination aimed at proving they have had sexual relations, it emerged today. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza could be sentenced to 14 years in prison if found guilty of “unnatural practices between males”.

Gay rights campaigners reacted angrily to the men’s treatment and warned that a renewed trend of homophobia was sweeping Africa.

Chimbalanga, 20, and 26-year-old Monjeza made history when they committed to marriage at a symbolic ceremony last weekend – the first same-sex couple to do so in the southern African state, in which homosexual acts are illegal.

Full Story from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/01/malawi-gay-couple-married-test

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Malawi: Gay Couple Arrested After Wedding

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Two gay men arrested in Malawi after getting engaged have pleaded not guilty to charges of gross public indecency. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza appeared at a packed court in Malawi’s biggest city Blantyre, where they will ask for bail on Monday.

The pair held a traditional engagement ceremony over the weekend – believed to be the first gay couple in Malawi to start the process of getting married.

Homosexual acts carry a maximum prison sentence of 14 years in Malawi.

Full Story from BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8434743.stm

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Malawi: Gay Couple Risks Imprisonment to Get Married

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Two Malawian men became the first gay couple to publicly tie the knot, the Nation newspaper reported on Monday, risking arrest in the conservative southern African state where homosexuality is illegal. Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were married in a traditional but symbolic ceremony in southern Malawi on Saturday, attracting hundreds of curious onlookers.

“We met at church where we both pray and we have been together for the last five months … I have never been interested in a woman,” Monjeza told The Nation newspaper.

Homosexuality is banned in Malawi and carries a maximum sentence of 14 years.

Full Story from Reuters: http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE5BR09520091228

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Argentina: Supreme Court Agrees to hear Gay Marriage Case

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt said the highest tribunal is currently analyzing a ruling on the possible legalization of same-sex marriages, as the first gay wedding, scheduled for today, had been suspended following a court injunction.

Alex and José María, two leaders of the gay community, were given permission to wed today by a Civil Registry in Buenos Aires, after a local court said two articles of the Civil Code that restricted marriages to heterosexuals was unconstitutional. Yesterday, another local court ordered a halt on the wedding, following an injunction presented by a third party.

Legal experts have criticized the ruling saying the issue falls outside local jurisdiction and that it should be decided by the Supreme Court instead.

Full Story from the Buenos Aires Herald: http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/18833

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Argentina: Gay Couple's Wedding Tuesday Divides South America

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

The Beruti register office in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires will never have witnessed a marriage like it. On Tuesday, Alex Freyre and José María Di Bello, who met three years ago at a conference on HIV, will make history and divide a continent as they become Latin America’s first gay married couple.

The ceremony will be a tribute to their determination as well as their love for each other, after a bitter three-year campaign which has divided a city, outraged Argentina’s powerful Roman Catholic church and overturned the constitution.

Freyre and Di Bello’s forthcoming nuptials have been debated on television, in churches and on the street. Hostile posters can be found on billboards across the city. But, in Di Bello’s words, nothing can now prevent him and his partner becoming “husband and husband”.

Full Story from The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/29/latin-america-first-gay-wedding

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Australia: Gay Couple First to Be Legally Recognized, But for How Long?

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Warren McGaw and Chris Rumble have become the first Australian gay couple to have their civil partnership ceremony legally recognised. The pair, who have been together for nearly 20 years, held their ceremony yesterday afternoon at the Old Parliament House rose gardens in Canberra.

They are the first to take advantage of new legislation passed in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) earlier this month. However, the right may not last for long as prime minister Kevin Rudd has said he will overturn the law.

MacGaw told ABC News: “We thought we’d take this opportunity not only for gay couples Australia-wide … but just for human rights. I think the majority of Australians are behind us.”

Full Story from Pink News: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/11/25/gay-couple-have-australias-first-civil-union/

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Argentina: Gay Couple Granted Marriage License in Buenos Aires

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina’s capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Jose Maria Di Bello and his partner Alex Freyre won the right to get married when a judge ruled last week that a ban on gay marriage violates Argentina’s constitution.

“On December 1st we will become man and man,” said Di Bello, welling up in tears as a city clerk gave him the paperwork.

Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri said the city will not appeal — in effect inviting other same-sex couples to pursue their rights in court as well.

Full Story from Bay Windows: http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=99362

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