Last October, a federal trial judge in San Juan upheld Puerto RicoÔÇÖs constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
But all that changed when US Supreme Court judges legalised gay marriage this summer, and Puerto Rico ÔÇô an American territory ÔÇô was compelled to scrap the ban.
And on July 17 authors Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro and Zulma Olivera-Vega, above, made Puerto Rican history when they were joined in matrimony at a secular ceremony conducted by Luis R Ramos. It was attended by 150 family members and guests.
Read more on the website of SPI Coalition member, The Freethinker!