
Oh hey look it's a straight wedding!
Despite having a lesbian mother AND lesbian mother-in-law, one of the things I love about my work with Offbeat Bride is that I'm always learning about the nuances of labeling, culture, and gender identification. Anyone remember when I got corrected for identifying a
gender-queer couple as lesbians? That was an awesome lesson. When I launched the
reader survey a couple weeks ago, I got an email from someone expressing concern that I only had two gender boxes for people to check — male and female? DOH! Oversight! I quickly added a "neither/both" category.
In this same vein, 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. Here's one example: It's too bad we still feel the need to point out that this was a lesbian wedding (I mean, I can't imagine there are too many people who would say "straight wedding")
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