Indeed, it is one of the conservative and unjust laws Myanmar has yet to make changes. One of the grooms in the picture explained that it was a pre-wedding photo and they planed to hold a wedding ceremony in Yangon in later this year.Ī friend of mine pointed out that Myanmar is one of the countries that the Article 377 of the Penal Code banning gay marriage was still put in place and she questioned about the credibility of their union in Yangon. I guess that the photographer has already expected the negative attention his picture will get and he put a statement in the caption “any homophobic comments will be deleted and user will be banned for viewing my page.” However, it is kind of shockingly surprised to me that most of the comments show nothing other than hatred in a very surly language. The picture has collected about 700 comments so far – most of them are very abrupt. So far, the picture has been “liked” by about 900 people and shared by almost 1300 people. Myanmar Gay Wedding Picture by Phone Myat Htoo Source: Ī Burmese photographer, Phone Myat Htoo, posted this picture on his facebook last month with a caption “Supporting Same Sex Marriage – Real couple with Myanmar traditional wedding setting.”
