Category Archive

LGBTQ

At Offbeat Wed, we celebrate all queer identities and have subcategories for lesbian weddings, transgender weddings, gay weddings, and bisexuality & pansexuality, as well as genderqueer and non-binary gender identity issues.

An epic Denver Pride wedding!

This joyful Denver Pride wedding will make your heart burst into rainbow confetti

A lot of Pride festivals, parades, and celebrations happened this past weekend, but there’s one story we seriously need to tell you. It’s the story of Dillon and Trent and their joyful, colorful, and tearful Denver Pride wedding…

Autumn colors and epic love were on full display at this joyful wedding

Fall colors and epic love were on full display at this jubliant wedding

Give us a fall wedding anywhere — but when it’s in Ontario and the colors are out-of-this-world vivid, it’s just magical. That’s what we’ve got going on with Leanne and Paula’s wedding. There were shout-outs to baseball, Superman, Jewish traditions (including an almost-fail-but-still-success hora dance!), and a fabulous brooch bouquet.

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This wedding is super gay! 5 ways to make your wedding gay as hell

It’s Pride Month, y’all, and everyone should be giving props to the LGBTQ community and their weddings. Well, not everyone.

Some folks have concerns about the concept of a “gay wedding” because hey: aren’t they just weddings? We get that, of course, but we feature some weddings where couples themselves VERY specifically want to embrace their wedding AND its gayness. So if you’re into self-identified Very Very Gay Weddings, this roundup of ideas is for yooooou!

This enchanted wedding was brimming with pastels and subtle Disney details

This enchanted wedding was brimming with pastels and subtle Disney details

Nicole and Michelle held their enchanted wedding at the Savannah Station in Savannah, Georgia. You’ll love the subtle notes of Disney, the swoon-worthy first look, the pastel fantasy of a wedding party, key escort cards, and chic-as-hell vintage-style ticket invitations. Don’t miss the treats table with donuts, cake pops, and a gorgeous cake.

Two brides, bright colors, crafty projects, and Mexican culture

This wedding had two brides and lotería table numbers

Sarah and Veronica wanted to plan a wedding that was super bright and colorful. Veronica is Mexican-American and the wedding incorporated several Mexican culture elements including papel picado, bright tissue paper flowers, lotería table numbers, and tacos.

Don’t miss their bow-tied Bluetick Coonhound rescue pup making the rounds in the photos!

This community-centered Catskills same-sex wedding stole our hearts

This community-centered Catskills wedding stole our hearts

Ashley and Mi’s amazing Catskills wedding was a handcrafted labor of love among their friends and community. Together they made hand-stamped welcome bags and poetry journals, Ashley’s handmade earrings, paper cranes and ribbons hung from trees, collected bottles as centerpieces, and a group reading during the ceremony.

After the ceremony, it was dinner and a sparkler parade led by fiddle players to a contra band and square dance caller. We can only the imagine the fun after that. Let’s see it all…