Newly married same-sex couple shares a moment during their public wedding as part of a LGBT event on a street in Hanoi
Newly married same-sex couple Tran Ngoc Diem Hang (R) and Le Thuy Linh (2nd R) share a moment during their public wedding as part of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) event on a street in Hanoi October 27, 2013. Several hundred people gathered at the event to call for the legalization of same-sex marriages ahead of November 5, when the issue will be discussed by top law makers at the National Assembly. Vietnam has 1,65 million LGBT people with three percent of the population aged from 15 to 59, according to Le Quang Binh, the director of the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment and the organiser of the event. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
Newly married same-sex couple leaves after their public wedding as part of a LGBT event on a street in Hanoi
Newly married same-sex couple Tran Ngoc Diem Hang (L) and Le Thuy Linh hold hands as they leave after their public wedding as part of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) event on a street in Hanoi October 27, 2013. Several hundred people gathered at the event to call for the legalization of same-sex marriages ahead of November 5, when the issue will be discussed by top law makers at the National Assembly. Vietnam has 1,65 million LGBT people with three percent of the population aged from 15 to 59, according to Le Quang Binh, the director of the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment and the organiser of the event. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
Newly married same-sex couple speaks with the media after their public wedding as part of a LGBT event on a street in Hanoi
Newly married same-sex couple Le Thuy Linh (L) and Tran Ngoc Diem Hang hold hands as they speak with the media after their public wedding as part of a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) event on a street in Hanoi October 27, 2013. Several hundred people gathered at the event to call for the legalization of same-sex marriages ahead of November 5, when the issue will be discussed by top law makers at the National Assembly. Vietnam has 1,65 million LGBT people with three percent of the population aged from 15 to 59, according to Le Quang Binh, the director of the Institute for Studies of Society, Eonomy and Environment and the organiser of the event. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST)
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