July 06, 2019:

After marrying, the girls then posted a photograph of their marriage on the social media which sent shock waves in the holy city.

With a red dupatta on their heads, two girls vowed to be with each other in sickness and in health on Wednesday, July 3 at a temple in Varanasi. In what is being hailed as the first same-sex marriage of Varanasi, two girls tied the knot at the Shiva temple with no fear in their hearts.

After being married to each other, the two women uploaded a picture on social media and publically announced their marriage. Allegedly, the two women are cousins and are residents of Rohaniya, Uttar Pradesh.

When the women went to the temple on Wednesday, the priest denied to marry them. Resolute in their heads, the women stayed at the temple till the priest gave up. After the ceremony started, people watched in awe and in shock.

Locals criticised the priest for conducting the ceremony. The priest told IANS that one of the girls is a native of Kanpur and was staying at her cousin to pursue her studies.

The entire country rejoiced when the Supreme Court decriminalised Section 377 IPC. On September 6, 2018, the apex court said that criminalising consensual homosexual sex between adults was "irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary".

Pride parades were organised in different parts of the country to celebrate the landmark decision taken by the Supreme Court. While several closeted gays and lesbians came out to their families after the judgement, some still struggled in clutches of social stigma.

While the judgement was a giant step towards a more gender tolerant society, the members of the LGBTQ community are yet to get the recognition that they deserve.

Lesbian couple seek police protection after families deny marriage A lesbian couple allegedly approached the Shamli police in June and asked them for protection. The couple claimed that their families were against their marriage. The women fell in love when they were studying at a college in Ghaziabad.

Additional Superintendent of Police (Shamli) said that the women had been courting for six months. When the women told their families about their will to get married, they were allegedly threatened of dire consequences.

Threatened, the women approached the police. The police lodged a complaint against the two families and asked them to stop harassing the couple. The women went back home after the police assured them of their safety.

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