A lesbian couple in France are celebrating now after a twist to the truth has enabled them to get married yes. the two French women have successfully found a loophole to twist France’s same-sex marriage ban on Saturday owing to the fact that one half of the couple is still classed as a man – in the legal sense only.
Stephanie Nicot, 59, married her 27-year-old partner Elise, in Nancy, at the city’s town hall in what is said to be a unique marriage in France. Stephanie – formerly Stephane – underwent sex reassignment surgery to become a woman but has didn’t submit the documents that French law requires to change her gender on the population register.
Ms Nicot said of her marriage: “It’s a symbol for millions of gays and lesbians who would like to have the same rights.”
The deputy major of Nancy, Laurent Henart, told the Associated French Press: “It’s the first marriage in France of its kind.” The newly-married couple later joined around 2,000 members of the LGBT community for a march through the city. The only note of regret, as mentioned by a guest, was that the marriage official “referred to Stephanie by her old, male name.”
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