“ tilos婚礼”为在希腊的同性婚姻而怀旧地看着“英雄”斗争
‘Tilos Weddings’ Offers Nostalgic Look at ‘Heroic’ Fight for Same-Sex Marriage in Greece
十四年前，在遥远和利利普蒂安岛的蒂洛斯（Tilos）上，两对同性夫妇在民事仪式上结婚 - 这是希腊有史以来第一次同性恋和女同性恋婚姻。这一事件引起了希腊东正教教堂的愤怒和保守派地中海国家的大片，即使它代表了希腊边缘化的酷儿社区的历史性一步。是导演Panayotis Evangelidis的“ Tilos婚礼”的重点，他在希腊争取同性恋权利的斗争中提供了他所描述的“英勇时期”的第一手说明。电影界由Evangelidis撰写和制作，在塞萨洛尼基纪录片节上首映。将公民婚姻扩展到夫妻自2004年成立以来，他的性行为无情。四年后，该社区在塔索斯·阿利弗里斯（Tassos Aliferis）中发现了一个意外的盟友，这是爱琴海岛（Tilos）的直言不讳的市长，他同意在希腊举行第一个同性恋和女同性恋民事婚姻。然而，这一胜利提出了一个紧迫的问题。伊夫加尼迪斯（Evangelidis）说：“有很多[同性恋和女同性恋]夫妇，但他们永远不会公开露面。”在婚礼的前进中，媒体马戏团随之而来，保守派专家，法律专家和东正教宗教领袖联手努力防止他们发生。 。 Evangelidis说：“我们坚持不懈，因为我们反对媒体。” “对我们来说，媒体在同性恋和女同性恋者的炎症言论中发挥了非常矛盾的作用”riage。 “我们不得不着急，因为我们担心国家和机构会反对它，他们会在发生之前淹没它。婚礼毫无争议的婚礼，导演在48小时的旋风中跟随了两对夫妻。 “经过两天的拍摄，我回到了雅典。我们几乎没有睡一个小时。”他说。 “我到达了家，放下设备，关上了身后的门，我的火山爆发了。我以为，“这一切是什么？”这是我意识到我们做了什么的第一个安静时刻。希腊最高法院将于2017年。自2018年以来，此案一直在欧洲法院审理。希腊 - 希腊仍然是少数欧盟之一。尽管LGBTQ+社区在2015年赢得了一场重大的法律斗争，但同性婚姻是不合法的国家十多年后，Evangelidis承认，他对希腊的同性恋权利的未来“不太乐观”。 “还有更多的气泡对更多东西开放。但是这些都是泡沫。”他说。 “整个社会并没有真正改变，并没有真正开放的思想或兴趣了解差异并拥抱它们。因为这就是事情：您拥抱差异，理解，然后我们是一个丰富多彩的社会。“这在希腊没有发生，”他继续说道。 “尤其是在[现任]政府的情况下，我们倒退了。他们希望教育再次变得更加宗教。即使在Tilos婚礼时，Evangelidis也对他们能实现的目标也很务实。 “我很高兴自己是其中的一部分，我很高兴我们正在这样做，我很高兴全心全意地捍卫它。但是我知道这不会发生炸药。”他说，他认为，他认为国家第一次同性结婚，这可能有一天可能导致希腊的LGBTQ+社区持久。他认为“ Tilos婚礼”是一个更有希望的时刻的合适快照。“我们喝醉了，因为我们正在做某事，”他说。“我们正在与所有权力作斗争。那是巨大的。这是一个很好的回忆，我希望这部电影能传达一些喜悦。”
Fourteen years ago, on the far-flung and Lilliputian island of Tilos, two same-sex couples wed in a civil ceremony – the first gay and lesbian marriages ever held in Greece. It was an event that sparked outrage from the Greek Orthodox Church and large swaths of the conservative Mediterranean nation, even as it represented a historic step forward for Greece’s marginalized queer community.
The story of those civil marriages and the impact they had on the LGBTQ+ movement is the focus of “Tilos Weddings,” by director Panayotis Evangelidis, who offers a first-hand account of what he describes as a “heroic period” in the struggle for gay rights in Greece. Written and produced by Evangelidis, the film world premiered at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
A filmmaker and activist, Evangelidis joined the fight for same-sex marriage as a member of the Gay and Lesbian Community of Greece, an organization that had been lobbying for the extension of civil marriage to couples regardless of sex since its founding in 2004.
Four years later, the community found an unexpected ally in Tassos Aliferis, the outspoken mayor of the Aegean island of Tilos, who agreed to perform the first gay and lesbian civil marriages ever held in Greece. That victory, however, raised a pressing problem. “There were so many [gay and lesbian] couples, but they would never expose themselves [publicly],” said Evangelidis.
Instead, the Gay and Lesbian Community of Greece had to invent two couples who could serve as symbolic proxies. In the run-up to the weddings a media circus ensued, in which conservative pundits, legal experts and Orthodox religious leaders joined forces in an effort to prevent them from taking place.
On the morning of the civil ceremony, journalists were barred from the courtroom. “We were adamant about that, because we were against the media,” said Evangelidis. “Media, for us, played a very ambivalent role” in the inflammatory rhetoric around gay and lesbian marriage. “We had to rush, because we were afraid the state and the institutions would go against it, and they would drown it before it happened. We didn’t want any last-minute surprises.”
The weddings went off without a hitch, as the director followed the two couples over a whirlwind, 48-hour period. “I went back to Athens after two days of filming. We had hardly slept an hour,” he said. “I arrived in my house, I put down my equipment, I closed the door behind me, and a volcano erupted in me. I thought, ‘What was all this?’ It was the first quiet moment that I realized what we had done.”
It was, however, a short-lived victory: the marriages were annulled a year later, a decision that was upheld by the Greek Supreme Court in 2017. Since 2018, the case has been pending before the European Court.
Today Greece remains one of the few E.U. countries where same-sex marriage is not legal, although the LGBTQ+ community won a significant legal battle in 2015, when registered partnerships were extended to same-sex couples.
Looking back more than a decade later, Evangelidis admits he’s “not very optimistic” about the future of gay rights in Greece. “There are more bubbles that are open to more things. But these are bubbles,” he said. “Society at large has not really changed, has not really become open-minded or interested to learn about differences and embrace them. Because this is the thing: you embrace the difference, you understand it, and then we are a colorful society.
“That’s not happening in Greece,” he continued. “Especially with the [current] government, we have gone backwards. They want education to be more religious again. It’s going back to Byzantine times.”
Even at the time of the Tilos weddings, Evangelidis was pragmatic about what they could achieve. “I was happy that I was part of this, I was happy that we were doing it, I was happy to defend it with all my heart. But I knew this wasn’t going to dynamite things,” he said.
Instead, he considers the country’s first same-sex marriages a “step” that might someday lead to lasting equality for Greece’s LGBTQ+ community. And he considers “Tilos Weddings” a fitting snapshot of a more hopeful moment in time.
“We were drunk, because we were doing something,” he said. “We were fighting with all the powers that be. That was huge. It’s a great memory, and I hope the film conveys some of the joys.”
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