In Malta, only one couple with severe disabilities is married and lives independently. Husband and wife, both Muscular Dystrophy sufferers, with barely any mobility, want to serve as role models for others in similar situations and are proof that romance and disability are not incompatible.

The March issue of Pink, which is out with The Times tomorrow, discovers how couples with physical and intellectual disability manage to develop their intimate relationships and express their feelings of love, despite their limitations.

Not even their wheelchairs can keep them apart and they have accepted to share their matrimonial bed with respiratory machines, needing someone to place their hands on each other and having a hard time to kiss on their wedding day.

These and other lovebirds have chosen to open up about their right to a relationship and their emotional and sexual needs, which are no different from anyone else’s.

International Women’s Day has been done – and overdone – this month. But for Pink, which has always highlighted female issues, every edition marks it. Whether it is a woman’s world is the burning question, especially in the aftermath of revolutionary uprisings, which are supposed to bring about change and freedom.

After the US-led invasion, Iraqi females are still being oppressed. They tell Pink they have lost their basic freedoms and are forced to cover up, fearing sexual violence that is keeping professionals in their homes and away from work.

Look out for a burst of floral fashion, loads of beauty tips from various angles and the usual regulars on food, fitness, psychology, books, cars, homes, history and humour.

Published by Allied Newspapers Ltd and printed by Progress Press, Pink is produced by Mediamaker. Its executive editor is Fiona Galea Debono and it is designed by Helen Cassar Torreggiani and Joseph Schembri.