Myanmar First Gay Wedding - FINAL - English

Myanmar's first gay wedding Reporter: ZawHtet Length: 410 INTRO For the first time in Myanmar a gay
couple have pu lically !eclare! their relationship" #he couple cele rate! their tenth anniversary with a cele ration in $angon in March" Local me!ia pic%e! up the story an! rumours of Myanmars first gay we!!ing &uic%ly sprea!" 'ome people some see the announcement as a ig step for the L()# community" #he news however also cause! pu lic outrage" ZawHtet went to see the couple to set the story straight* TEXT #in +o+o an! Myo Min Htet have een living together for 10 years" #hey are ,ust li%e any other couple -they coo% together an! en,oy tal%ing a out their !ay" .arlier this month they cele rate! their tenth anniversary in a lavish ceremony in $angon" #hey invite! their frien!s an! family ut within hours the news sprea! on social me!ia an! local newspapers pic%e! up the story" #heir photos were splashe! across the front pages of national papers" /n! they were even mentione! in the 0all 'treet ,ournal" Myanmar wedding, Tin Koko cli ! "Male, #$rmese% 123t is4 !istressing" #he story was mentione! without permission" /n!5 there are a lot of errors" 0e cele rate! the tenth anniversary5 not the we!!ing"6 #his is the first time a gay couple has openly !eclare! their relationship" /n! it has stirre! pu lic !e ate" 'ome people thought their union was unnatural ut others thought it was a goo! step for the L()# community" 3n Myanmar homose7uality is not illegal 8 ut so!omy is" /n! the wor!ing of the law means some heterose7ual acts are also illegal" /t a press conference /ungMyo Min an L)(# rights activist sai! the law is flawe!"
Myanmar wedding, &$ngMyo "Male, #$rmese%' 1#he law itself has flaws" 3t also tal%s a out acts against women" )ut5 it is threatening to us" #here is no actual law against homose7uality"6 3f convicte! you can e charge! with 10 years to life imprisonment" /fter#in +o+o an! Myo Min Htetss cele ration5 news sprea! that the police were investigating them" Myanmar wedding, Tin Koko cli ( "Male, #$rmese%' 1/ctually5 they !i!n9t interview us an! the police !i!n9t ta%e any action against us" #hey got their information from Face oo%" #he :eputy station officer from western !istrict police station ha! alrea!y state! that they !i!n9t ring us an! as% &uestions"6 3n fact he sai! they ha! no pro lems at all with the police" Myanmar wedding, Tin Koko cli ) "Male, #$rmese%' 1'ince we have finishe! the anniversary cele ration5 he goes to his wor% an! 3 am !oing my ,o " #here is no pro lem"6 #in +o+o is a mem er of L()# rights group 1+ings ; <ueens6" /n! Myo Min Htetwor%s at anorganisation that assists L()# people with healthcare" :espite their wor% with the community they sai! their tenth anniversary cele rations was notan event to get international attention a!vocating L()# rights" Myanmar wedding, Tin Koko cli * "Male, #$rmese%' 10e care for each other" 0e can as% each other for help" 3t is li%e a family" 0e en,oy it" #hat is all"6 #here is no legal protection for L()# people in Myanmar" #hey face wi!esprea! social !iscrimination an! police persecution" #in +o+os frien! =gel=gel is a well8%nown eautician in $angon" He has suffere! years of ullying from his ol! colleagues for the way he !resses" He left home ecause he coul!nt stan! his fathers !isapproval" Myanmar wedding, NgelNgel cli ! "Male, #$rmese%' 13n school they sai!5 oy must e li%e oy an! girl must e li%e girl" #hey elieve that we are against the nature" 3 wante! to live on my own style5 so 3 ha! to fight against all of them"> )ut =gel=gel sees that attitu!es towar!s the L()# community are slowly changing" 3=#: NgelNgel, #ea$tician, male, +$rmese Myanmar wedding, NgelNgel cli ( "Male, #$rmese%' 13n the past5 every o!y lame! us" =ow5 people are getting more awareness an! it is encouraging for people li%e me"6 /fter their ig cele ration an! the following press interest5 #in +o+o an! Myo Min Htet ,ust want to get ac% to normal"
Myanmar wedding, Tin Koko cli , "Male, #$rmese%' 1Li%e the past ten years5 we will try to un!erstan! each other" 0e will uil! un!erstan!ing etween us"1 Myanmar wedding, Myo Min -tet "Male, #$rmese%' .3 am worrie! there woul! e repercussions from what we !i!" ?eople are watching us" #heir eyes &uestionif can we e as successful as other couples"6 For /sia @alling this report was pro!uce! y ZawHtet from :A)

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