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The first couple to wed in New York City under New York's Marriage Equality Act, the new law allowing same-sex marriage, were Phyllis Siegal, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84. They have been together for 23 years and were finally able to get their wedding on.

It's a long road ahead, but another battle is won. Even Rudy Guiliani admits it's time for all sides to embrace that marriage equality the way the future is heading. New York is now the largest state to allow gay marriage, becoming one of just six states currently allowing same-sex marriage: Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the District of Columbia. Ten states allow same-sex civil unions with almost the same rights as a marriage.

Are you looking for a way to acknowledge your support for our LGBT friends and families during your hetero wedding ceremony? From the covert to overt, here are 10 ways to use your wedding to show your support for marriage equality.

OBT member Caitlin wrote this post on how it feels to be girl engaged to another girl surrounded by girls engaged to boys.

OBT member Alaura has been featured on the site before with her vintage National Park save-the-dates. Now she's back and bringing some more inspiration with her. Alaura decided to...

Sarah & Adam had strong thoughts on marriage equality in their ceremony. So instead of taking a wedding and picking out the parts they didn't like. They built their wedding from scratch.

Meg over at A Practical Wedding has a great guestpost today from a happily married lesbian couple named Lisa and Terri, who we profiled on Offbeat Bride a while back: [Married...

Sarah posted this on the Kiwi & Aussie Brides Group over on the Tribe. It's an issue that we're sure lots of Aussie couples are struggling with, and one that unfortunately impacts couples worldwide.

Meet Lilia & Ray Ahner, a husband a wife San Francisco wedding photography duo who totally understand the needs of offbeat couples because, well, they are one. Lilia...