Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)

"Just Married is the firsthand account of an event that made international news headlines and human rights history in January 2001. By following the Christian practice of reading the banns, which has been incorporated into provincial law, the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto married two same-sex couples, issuing each a marriage licence. The Ontario provincial government is being challenged to register the marriages in a case that is expected to proceed to the Supreme Court of Canada; if successful, it will remove the last restriction on equal treatment of homosexuals under the law.". "Despite the political struggle and the glare of the media lights, this remains the powerful and intimate story of two people who chose to make a life together and sought the support of both church and state for their marriage. It demonstrates how two individuals can make a difference and how personal commitment and political activism are often based in daily life and a sense of family and community.". "Illustrated with more than a dozen color photographs and packed with both humorous anecdotes and provocative insights, this is the moving account of an event that could affect gay and lesbian couples, families, and communities around the globe."--BOOK JACKET.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction, LGBTQ+. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.