OMG. This is definitely the queer joy I needed.

2 women in a French old people's home got married after being closeted for ages😍😭

"""
That day, during the meal, we were talking about gay marriage. And Liliane and Andrée came to ask us if it was actually possible to do that in real life. They had thought that same-sex marriage was only possible on TV. 
 We told them it was possible. And a few minutes later, Andrée proposed to Liliane in front of us.
""" (My translation)

https://www.lobservateur.fr/valenciennes-deux-residentes-dun-ehpad-se-marient-apres-avoir-longtemps-vecu-leur-amour-en-secret

Valenciennes. Deux rĂ©sidentes d’un EHPAD se marient aprĂšs avoir longtemps vĂ©cu leur amour en secret

Ce mardi 15 novembre, deux résidentes de l'EHPAD du Val de l'Escaut se sont mariées aprÚs avoir longtemps vécu leur amour en secret.

L'Observateur

@owenblacker For those who love hearing about elderly queer people getting married, also look up Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel. They met playing baseball in the 40s (in the league that inspired A League of Their Own) and have been together ever since. They married shortly before passing away when it became legal.

There is a documentary about them on Netflix called A Secret Love, it's worth watching to see them, but I'll warn people that it was made by a younger family member so there's a massive bias towards some unreasonable other family members and it's extremely the kind of documentary a straight person makes about queer people (almost all the focus on a dramatic coming out that isn't that dramatic and way less on the interesting parts like an elderly lesbian couple worrying about if they'll have to deal with homophobia in an assisted living community). Doesn't do them justice but it's still great listening to them talk.