This gay wedding at a children’s museum wins the internet today
Daniel and Sauce were the first LGBTQ wedding at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. And let me tell you, their adorableness combined with that epic venue means this wedding will not disappoint. I had a perma-smile the entire time I looked at these photos. Daniel and Sauce are magnetic with their obvious love, match-y glasses, bow ties, and suspenders, and infectious laughter.
Make your guests homemade fruity and boozy centerpieces
Kyle and Drew had a decidedly boozy take on centerpieces by preserving fruit in different kinds of liquor. The result was a sweet and strong centerpiece ripe for eating and taking home.
Show your support for same-sex marriage by giving them your first dance
Bestselling author John Green recently attended the wedding of two friends. The pair decided, in lieu of a first dance, that they would honor the same-sex couples in attendance by letting them have the first dance instead. Here’s how it went down, including the song choice that made me choke up.
A winning same-sex wedding with an armadillo cake
Ronnie and Brent won a full wedding giveaway from photographers [vendor-heart link="http://vendors.offbeatwed.com/listing/leah-and-mark"]Leah and Mark[/vendor-heart] to pull together the best Georgia wedding vendors and put on a kick-ass wedding for the couple. After 11 years together, it was a long time coming. Plus, you won’t want to miss their armadillo cake, straight out of Steel Magnolias!
What makes a wedding “real”: Why our gay wedding will be traditional
Same-sex weddings are still new enough that a lot of people wonder how different they will be compared to a straight wedding. I suspect that some straight people automatically think that all queers are alternative, counter-culture types and in their minds gay wedding = rainbow musical theatre circus. But here’s why our gay wedding will be relatively traditional…
I am not a bride
I am not a bride. He is not a bride. We are neither brides. I don’t want to have to come out over and over and over again to Gift Registry associates in stores. To suffer through confused and judging looks simply because I’m not in some glorious mold of who should be married. I’ve found the person I want to be with forever and it’s almost as if we don’t exist.