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16 May 2012

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AFP

Tokyo Disney Resort eases rules on same-sex weddings

...Despite their having no legal status, same-sex couples are able to hold fairytale wedding ceremonies at hotels inside the popular Tokyo Disney Resort, including at the Cinderella Castle, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday...News of the unions came to light when Koyuki Higashi, 27, inquired about marrying her female partner at the resort...A member of staff who answered the call said there would be no problem with their marrying, provided they dressed “like a man and a woman"...However, a few days later, the resort operator got back in touch to say their initial response had been wrong and gay couples were free to mix and match their attire. “We have never refused an application for a same-sex wedding at hotels here,” a spokeswoman at Milial Resort Hotels, a subsidiary of Tokyo Disney Resort, told AFP on Tuesday...