Gay Marriage and Its Impact on LGBTQI Rights in the UK and the Western World

Abstract

As one of the first same-sex couples to get married on 29th March 2014 in the UK, we were acutely awareof two key factors: We felt privileged to exercise our right, which the law allowed us, after years of struggleto win the fight for equality. Secondly, millions of LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex) people, who had preceded us over the several centuries,were a part of this long journey that hasbrought us here. It was a momentous milestone in our lives. Of course, it does not mean that the fight forachieving equality for LGBTQI people has to slow down, as there are a number of hurdles anddiscriminations that still remain unconquered, in the battle for social and cultural equality in the Westernworld.