Irina Shumilova and Alena Fursova entered into the first same-sex marriage in Russia. Made a huge amount of noise. These girls from St. Petersburg know that such marriages are prohibited in Russia. But they managed to outsmart the system. How? Ira - 24, Alena - 21 years old, both of them are now studying at institutes.
In the palace of marriage No. 4 on the Griboedov Canal, the first Russian same-sex marriage was concluded! How did you get around the law? Irina has a male passport, since the girl is a transgender, that is, now she is undergoing changes in her body, as she changes sex. Thanks to hormones, clothes, changing habits, behaviors, voices, the ex-boyfriend (programmer Denis) has almost become a woman, and it is already difficult to recognize a man in him.
Love is submissive to all
They are not activists, they are not interested in the hype around them. They are not going to popularize and monetize their marriage. Ira cannot pretend to be a guy - says Alena, Shumilova seeks to speak in a low voice, but she is not very trusted.
The girls created an interesting turn in their biographies. Irina Shumilova and Alena Fursova came to the registry office, and all employees were embarrassed. Documents checked, everything is in order. Shumilova prudently took a document confirming that she was going through the stage of sex correction. This paper “saved” the wedding by helping to provide evidence to the registry office employees that Ira is an ex-man. Alena says that the employees who mistook them for girls and did not understand that one of them was actually a guy by nature, then apologized …
Legal aspect
Having made a request to a legal organization, Irina Shumilova and her lover received an answer that formally there shouldn’t be any problems after receiving a new passport, and if they can, they can sue, but no one will dare to say what the consequences are. Is it possible that after a change of documents the marriage is declared invalid? There have not been such precedents in our country, and, of course, various political forces intervene in the matter to defend their interests and opinions on this issue. Will they leave them husband and wife - time will tell.
Why in Russia?
Girls could go to any country where gay marriage is legalized, and there they would be painted without risk. But for them it was important to get married in Russia, in their own country. The girls decided to check the legal guarantees that marriage gives. From a formal point of view, if the marriage is in another country, it does not have legal force in Russia. A marriage registered in Russia allowed the girls who received kinship relations among themselves to acquire the right to inherit and, for example, to adopt children. As long as Ira has a man’s passport, everything will be so.
Protest?
Irina Shumilova and her husband are sure that this is only the beginning, and after them a lot of similar examples will follow. They claim that they did not try to make any protest from their marriage. There is no need to see any rebellion against the state system or public opinion in their wedding. Girls claim that they simply love each other and want to be together. But at the same time, they declare that they are pleased with the media coverage of the event. If a big story arose from this, these are just consequences for which they could not be held accountable.
Parents
What was left to mom and dad Ira? Correcting gender in Russia is a very difficult process, not only in a financial sense, but also from a bureaucratic point of view. Ira’s passport has not yet been changed; the whole story can be dragged on for years. The ex-son put his parents before the fact - he came to his hometown and said to them "Hello!" They knew about the torment of their child and, most likely, could not help but guess about a possible difficult turn in his biography.
Irina Shumilova did not want to live in the guise of a man, and mom and dad reacted with dignity. The only thing that surprised them was that they did not think that everything would happen so quickly. According to Ira, they specified whether the newly-made daughter does not want to change her mind, but when they saw that she was happy, they accepted her the way she became.
