Tom Senzee, The Advocate
August 22, 2014
Unless Russian authorities change their minds, a Moscow couple may have become the first same-sex couple to legally wed in Russia.
Alina Davis, who was assigned male at birth but identifies as androgyne — a nonbinary gender identity embraced by some who feel they don't fit neatly into either "male" or "female" identities — married Allison Brooks in Moscow August 6, to the reported consternation of Russian officials, who pointed to the country's ban on so-called gay propaganda as a reason the couple, clad in matching white wedding gowns, could not exchange vows.
Russian law insists Davis's gender is male, although The Moscow Times reports that Davis's profile page on Vkontakte, the Russian equivalent of Facebook, states that she is "psychologically a girl." Because Davis's new wife is legally recognized as female, the couple were able to capitalize on the legal technicality of being an opposite-sex couple, despite their presentation, according to Pink News.
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