The first gay marriage was celebrated in Brazil overnight after a court gave its blessing to the couple living together for eight years, local media said.
Sergio Kauffman Sousa and Luiz Andre Moresi were wed at a family court in Jacarei, in the Sao Paulo state in southeast Brazil.
On June 6, they had asked the court to convert their civil union, which was granted last May, into a marriage.
With the marriage certificate in hand, Mr Sousa and Mr Moresi announced that they will ask for new identity documents with the same family name: Sousa Moresi.
“Its an immense happiness. I keep trying to comprehend that this a historic moment. We have fought for years, and now that it has arrived, we are in ecstasy,” Mr Moresi said.
The wedding is the first official same-sex marriage in Brazil. Since a Supreme Court decision from May 5, only same-sex civil unions had been recognised.
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