Even as Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality in a historic verdict in September 2018, the fights for gay rights is far from over.
The openly gay married couple in Kerala wants to adopt a child and the road is adoption is a tough one. It was on July 5, 2018, two youngsters from Kerala exchanged rings at Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple with only God left as a witness and no family or relatives around.
Nikesh Usha Pushkaran and Sonu MS recently announced their wedding on Facebook.
A Chennai-based LGBTQI organisation is planning to approach the Supreme Court and people from the LGBTQIA+ community who are fighting for marriage and adoption rights are stranding in support.
Nikesh and Sonu are positive that once the Supreme Court rules in favour of them they can get married in officials records as well. ¡°As family we are facing a lot of problems, we can¡¯t call us married while filling forms for bank accounts and bank accounts, and we have to fill our names in the columns as ¡®single¡¯ even though we¡¯re married,¡± they told India Today.
The couple now wants to adopt a child who has been abandoned by her/his parents.