英國男同性戀結爲夫妻 婚前以女同身份共度六年

A pair of transgender lesbians today told of their joy at becoming man and wife, and also wife and wife, on the same day - after one had a sex-change。

Jenny-Anne Bishop, 65, formerly called Paul, and Elen Heart, 68, who was once named Alan, initially got together as a male gay couple in 2004.

The pair, who are both divorced and have five grown-up children between them, lived together in Clwyd, Wales, for six years as transgender lesbians。

But the couple decided against surgery due to the associated risks at their age until last year - when Jenny-Anne went under the knife for a gender reassignment op。

Father-of-two Jenny-Anne went on to have a breast augmentation procedure this January followed by facial feminisation surgery。

The couple have now officially tied the knot as "husband and wife" after opting for a private civil ceremony in North Wales。

Retired graphic designer Elen, who takes herbal hormones to make her appearance more feminine, took on the role of groom and wore a silky red dress and bright red high heels。

Retired product sales manager Jenny-Anne wore a strapless cream bridal gown complete with a train and a tiara and took on the part of bride。

They were officially announced as husband and wife in front of four close friends, who attended as witnesses。

The retired newlyweds then had a gay wedding service at the Metropolitan Community Church in Manchester, where transgender friend Gabrielle was their bridesmaid。

Jenny-Anne was married for 31 years before she divorced in 2000. Elen is twice divorced。

Her first marriage lasted for seven years and her second - in which she fathered a daughter and two sons - lasted for 20 years。

The couple met at a friend's Christmas party in 2004 and wrote to each other as friends for a year before becoming lovers。據英國《每日郵報》10月27日報道，一對變性的女同性戀在今天宣佈了“她們”的喜事，“她們”即將成爲“丈夫與妻子”，同時也是“妻子與妻子”——在“她們”中的一方實施了變性手術之後。

珍妮·安妮·畢曉普，65歲，原名保羅，埃倫·哈特，68歲，原名埃倫，兩人在2004年最初相遇，併成爲了一對男同性戀人。

這兩人都曾離過婚，有五個成年的孩子和他們一起，住在威爾士的克盧伊達郡，已經以變性女同性戀的身份生活了六年。

但之前，這對愛侶一直沒有實施變性手術，因爲考慮到他們這樣的年紀手術可能會帶來風險，直到去年，珍妮·安妮纔開始真正接受變性手術。

珍妮·安妮，這位兩個孩子的父親，在做過面部女性化的手術之後，今年一月又實施了隆胸手術。

這對愛侶選擇在北威爾士舉行了私人的儀式，已經正式結爲“夫妻”。

埃倫是一名退休的平面設計師，他利用草本激素來使他自己的外表看起來更加女性化，作爲新郎，他穿着一襲絲質紅色長裙和一雙亮紅色的高跟鞋。

而退休了的產品銷售經理珍妮·安妮則穿着露肩的奶油色婚紗，拖着長長的下襬，佩戴了頭飾，將成爲新娘。

在四位親密好友的面前，在她們的見證下，他們正式宣佈成爲夫妻。

接着，這對退休了的新婚夫婦在曼徹斯特的大都會社區教堂舉行了男同志的婚禮，他們的變性好友加布裏埃是他們的伴娘。

珍妮·安妮在2000年離婚前曾有過一段31年的婚姻。埃倫也曾離過兩次婚。

“她”的第一段婚姻維持了七年，第二段婚姻——期間有了一個女兒和兩個兒子——則維持了二十年。

兩人2004年在朋友家的聖誕晚會上相遇，在成爲戀人之前，以朋友的身份相互通信長達一年。