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.

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…

These chic grooms are serious style goals

These dapper London grooms are serious style goals

It’s not always easy to find inspiration for chic and stylish groom style. But this wedding of two coiffed and elegant London grooms gives you double the grooms and double the style ideas! (Plus, double the awesome groom hairstyles!)

No shortage of laughs or eclectic art at this Philadelphia wedding

No shortage of laughs or eclectic art at this Philly wedding

Brianne and April’s Philly wedding was held at Material Culture in North Philadelphia, a seriously cool venue. They had full run of it which included the backdrop of woodwork, rugs, and art from all around the world — even an Obama art gallery!

Just wait until you see the emotional first look…

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Surprises abound at this intimate candlelit wedding (planned in weeks!)

Jeff and Don made their marriage official surrounded by their 10 closest friends in a candle-lit living room after 14 years together. They had only decided to get married a few weeks earlier, and every part of the evening was a collaboration of their guests.

Are you ready to see this intimate candlelit wedding? You know you are!

This pro Thriller dance wedding makes us bow down to the spectacle

This Thriller flash mob wedding makes us bow down to the spectacle

Just when you think you’ve seen all you can see with zombie weddings, Racheal and Shannon bring it all back home with their Thriller flash mob wedding in New York. Both old skool and totally new, this zombie wedding has an epic first look, an outdoor ceremony, a bonfire, and professional dancers making sure we know Michael is still king and nothing replaces Thriller.

Let’s take a peek at these two ladies making it official with a zombie slant…

Four weddings and a national park: these two ladies had the first of four(!) weddings

Four weddings and a national park: these two ladies had the first of four(!) weddings

Justine and Shannon traveled all the way from Florida for their national park wedding at Acadia National Park in Maine. This wedding was to be the first of four celebrations, if you can believe it. These celebrations were held in four different states, and Maine started it all off.