{"id":1531,"date":"2011-07-27T02:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T02:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2011\/07\/27\/indias-first-married-lesbian-couple-given-24-hour\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:30:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:30:38","slug":"indias-first-married-lesbian-couple-given-24-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/07\/27\/indias-first-married-lesbian-couple-given-24-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s first married lesbian couple given 24-hour protection &#8211; Telegraph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\/p\/324751363\/india-s-first-married-lesbian-couple-given-24-hour-protection-telegraph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scoop.it<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scoop.it\/t\/rights-liberties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rights &amp; Liberties<\/a><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.scoop.it\/qCsdZ1_jrHkXXAmd3KZ44Tl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBXEejxNn4ZJNZ2ss5Ku7Cxt\" \/><br \/>India&rsquo;s first married lesbian couple has been given police protection and moved to a safe house amid fears the two women would be targeted in an honour killing.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/india\/8662082\/Indias-first-married-lesbian-couple-given-24-hour-protection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Show original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via Scoop.it &#8211; Rights &amp; LibertiesIndia&rsquo;s first married lesbian couple has been given police protection and moved to a safe house amid fears the two women would be targeted in an honour killing.Show original<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1717,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/01\/25\/india-lesbian-teen-couple-commit-suicide\/","url_meta":{"origin":1531,"position":0},"title":"India: Lesbian Teen Couple Commit Suicide","author":"aslam","date":"January 25, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"lgbtqblogs-deactivated20141230: Melanie Nathan \u2013 Jan 24, 2011- Two teenage girls in SONARPUR a village in South Parganas, India, committed suicide \u2013 because they were apparently in despair,\u00a0 unable to share their lives as a lesbian couple.\u00a0\u00a0 Police found the bodies of 19-year-old Bobby Saha and 17-year-old Puja Mondal.\u00a0 The post-mortem\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"India\"","block_context":{"text":"India","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/tag\/india\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1270,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/16\/un-issues-first-report-on-human-rights-of-gay-and\/","url_meta":{"origin":1531,"position":1},"title":"UN issues first report on human rights of gay and lesbian people","author":"aslam","date":"December 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties The first ever UN report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people details how people are killed or endure hate-motivated violence, torture, detention, criminalization and discrimination because of their real or\u2026 \u00a0Via un.org","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1598,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/06\/25\/new-york-allows-same-sex-marriage-becoming\/","url_meta":{"origin":1531,"position":2},"title":"New York Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Becoming Largest State to Pass Law","author":"aslam","date":"June 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & LibertiesThe law will take effect in 30 days, making New York the largest state where gay and lesbian couples will be able to wed and giving the gay-rights movement new momentum.Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1207,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/12\/29\/torture-in-lebanon-widespread-says-new-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":1531,"position":3},"title":"Torture in Lebanon \u201cwidespread,\u201d says new report &#8211; 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