A lesbian couple is set to have the first New York gay divorce, due to file papers on Thursday (28 June).

Two women who have been in a relationship since 2008, and got hitched last summer after the Marriage Equality Act in New York was legalized, will be filing papers this week.

Photographer Dese’Rae Stage wrote on her blog about her split with massage therapist Katie Marks.

She said: ‘I do very much feel like the president of the loneliest club in the world.