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This is Offbeat Bride's archive of identity posts.

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"We are both proud of our heritage. My great-great-great-great-grxfandfather is Red Cloud, the last of the indian chiefs to surrender and be put onto a reservation. He did great things trying to protect his people and his way of life. However, sometimes we are not sure if that is who we are. Well… that is who we WERE, but is that who we ARE? This question has come up a lot in my wedding planning."

Running an online network, I get an interesting insight into the names that people (women, specifically) use for themselves online. And one of the many ways identity shifts are expressed are through usernames and avatars.

Whoo, this was a tough one for me to read because OBT member mcgilllilnancy pretty much said exactly everything I was thinking of when my wedding day was drawing near. (Well, except for the gender queer part.) Maybe some of you have experienced, perhaps some of you have not. But if you have felt sadness at the thought of your wedding planning come to an end, you will totally identify with this post. -Megan

I am just as queer as I always have been, but my current partnership appears totally hetero to an innocent bystander … this has subtly affected my expectations of what a relationship looks like.

Over the last couple months we've gotten comments from well-intentioned readers concerned about how we title and label the Real Offbeat Weddings on Offbeat Bride…