Elizabeth Miller sat in her living room with her wedding album in her lap. Next to her in the pictures, wearing a gray morning coat, owlish glasses, and a thick beard, is her groom, Dan, who is now her wife, Diana. In many ways, she wishes Dan had never existed at all. As Diana talks about her response to these images, Elizabeth stays silent.

A Cuban man and transgender woman have married in what is being seen as the country's first "gay wedding". Same sex marriage is illegal in Cuba, but bride Wendy Iriepa is legally a woman after undergoing one of the first state-sponsored sex changes in Her fiance, Ignacio Estrada, is a noted dissident and gay rights activist in Cuba and suffers from Aids. The couple said the wedding, timed to coincide with Fidel Castro's birthday, was a "gift" for the former leader.

Hong Kong's top court has granted a transgender woman the right to marry her boyfriend in a watershed ruling that falls short of allowing same-sex marriage. The surprise decision only covers the right of a transgender person who was born male to marry a man, and for one who was born female to marry a woman. Monday's ruling by the court of final appeal brings Hong Kong in line with many other places in the Asia-Pacific region, including mainland China , where transgender people are allowed to marry as their new gender.

In Unhitched, longtime couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. The marriage of Katrina Lamb, who was then Scott Lamb, and Wendie Lubic had highs and lows but suffered from a deeply held secret: Katrina, born male, always knew she was transgender but it took many years and three marriages for her to live truthfully. Katrina, 53, and Wendie, 54, were 24 when they married. Wendie in Washington in a Reform Jewish household with parents who were professionals and traveled widely for work.