The two 'brides'

[Jazzy]

A couple say they were forced to used the back door of a registry office in Moscow - because they were both dressed as brides.

The union of Ellison Brux, 21, and transgender Dimitriy Kozhuhov, 23, who prefers to be called Alina Davis, is being billed as Russia's first gay wedding.

Registry office staff in the famously intolerant country had to recognise the couple as the groom is still legally a man and they had a certificate allowing them to marry.

But officials refused to welcome the two 'brides' through the front door and forced them in through the back entrance because both of them were wearing a wedding dress.

Alina, who has always dressed as a woman and identifies as a female, said: "We love each other and wanted to cement that union, and we had no problems when we handed in the application to the registry office.

"But then when the head of the registry office called he rang several times telling us that they didn't want us to turn up both in wedding dresses."

But the two ignored the advice anyway and turned up at the registry office both wearing dresses, and ended up being ushered in through the back door.

When asked for a statement the head of the register office declined to comment but Alina said they had tried not to let the officials' attitude ruin their big day.

She added: "When we arrived at the day of the wedding, the head of the office was trying to hide us all the time.

"They rushed us into the office through a back door and that really offended us. He told us we were a disgrace to the society and we needed medical treatment."

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Your thoughts on how they were treated?

 

[Bluezone777]

For a wedding photo, those two don't look too happy. They look rather miserable at what is usually described as one of the happiest days in the life of a married couple. It might be due to this event but there are plenty of weddings that went badly but the couple's happiness for each other outweighs a bad wedding day.

The one on the left might think he's fooling anyone but he looks like a man to me and I only need to see the face of both to tell them apart. You can think whatever you like and even in your heart be convinced of it as truth but it doesn't make it so which is probably why they got told to get mental help.

They probably see the marriage as absurd and are trying their best to not let their feelings be known but they made sure everyone knew that two women were marrying each other hence why they probably wanted them out as quick as possible before too much attention was paid to what was going on as Russia is not a very welcoming place to homosexuals.