The bride wore a black tuxedo and sported a fake moustache; the groom was resplendent in a white wedding dress and accompanying veil. The maid of honour, a man, stole the show in a tangerine- coloured frock with matching parasol.
A gay man married a lesbian woman friend in Hongkong on Monday in order to try to claim housing benefits available only to heterosexual couples.
Noel Chen, 28, dressed as the bride and Yeo Wai-wai, 25, the groom as the couple were declared man and wife at a registry office in the territory.
They promptly announced they had no intention of living together, having long had same-sex partners who also intend marrying in order to claim housing benefits.
Homosexuality is legal in Hong Kong, but only couples of opposite sexes are eligible to apply for subsidised rental housing. Bureau Report