Some Things I Didn’t Expect When Planning My Lesbian Wedding
2. I’m in not infrequent contact with a woman named Daphne who is renting me a Fancy Portable Toilet Trailer with air conditioning.
Looking Back at the Queer Episodes of “Say Yes to the Dress”
My understanding of my queerness has evolved significantly since the first lesbian brides appeared on Say Yes to the Dress.
I’m a Queer Bride on a Budget — And I Went to a Bridal Expo
Have you ever heard of a Bridal Expo? I sure hadn’t! And did you know there are wedding-themed porta potties?!
Also.Also.Also: Mary Lambert’s Wedding Is Giving Gay Autumn Splendor
She keeps me warm. And also: Fiona Apple is a court watcher in Maryland in her spare time (a model citizen, one might say), nine gay ghost stories, and Frog & Toad are cozy queer icons.
So You Want To Go to a Wedding
I present to you some items that might inspire you, should you be invited to a wedding or similar dress-up event and you are sick of reaching for the same two or three things.
Da Brat’s Wedding Photos Are a Gay Fairytale Designed to Melt the February Ice Around Your Heart
In this post is every photo from Da Brat’s wedding that I could find because Black love is beautiful and we deserve. That is all.
You Need Help: Your Future In-Laws Won’t Come to Your Wedding
It’s obvious you love your fiancé very much, and want to protect them from any agony the world wants to hurl at them. Unfortunately, you mostly can’t. But here’s what you can do instead.
Love Is Not a Lie: In Sickness and in Health
“Our wedding plans went on hold when I found myself unable to get out of bed.”
NIECY NASH DONE WENT AND GOT GAY MARRIED
Yes. Niecy Nash got gay married. Love wins!!
Grace Lavery and Daniel M. Lavery’s Wedding Photos Are Pure Queer Joy
All the best weddings have an important thing in common: they manage to capture the spirit of the couple; they paint everyone who loves and cares for them in the softest, most generous light possible.
The Full Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris Wedding Video Is Here and No You’re Not Done Crying About It
Come for the vows, stay for more Rapinoe in a tux.
Love That Looks Like Me: Finding My Queer, Non-Binary Place in the Wedding Industry
“And there was Susan and Rachel at the heart of it all, dancing to the band Susan had sworn would play her wedding if she ever got married. As they laughed and moved to the music and worked up such a sweat that their jackets had to come off, I saw a glimpse of the future wedding I hope for, marrying someone I love, the two of us not fitting so strictly into the feminine.”
La Boda Jota #4: Loving Another Queer Latina Is A Radical Act
I choose her, always, because she’s my home and my light.
La Boda Jota #3: What’s a Fat Tomboy Femme to Wear on Her Wedding Day?
The first question people asked me when I got engaged was what I was going to wear to the wedding. My impulse reaction was to blurt out, “how the fuck should I know?”
La Boda Jota #2: Wedding Planning Woes
“At the start of every year, I feel an itch to plan and make vision boards and examine my life and my goals. I knew one thing on my 2018 to-do list was certain and it was getting married and having a wedding.”
La Boda Jota #1: We’re Not Gonna Wait ‘Til I’m 28
As I quickly learned from the jump, when two queer Latinas are trying to get married — something that sometimes feels like is unheard of — there’ll be some bumps in the road.
Best Day Ever: 3 Lesbians Share How They Rocked a Suit to Their Weddings
Three brides who opted for suits explain how their choice of attire ensured that their wedding was the best day of their lives.
At Least No One Asked You to Fake a Straight Wedding With Your Lesbian Wife Today
What lesbian hasn’t pretended to be a man to get married to the woman she’s already married to, just once?
VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin: Weddings with Jenny Owen Youngs
I got married to Jenny Owen Youngs four years ago, nearly to the day, so that I could demand that she get in our marital bed to livestream for you about all that we learned about weddings (and ourselves) in the process. We talked attire, budgets, pushy parents, feminism (of course), and oh-so-much-more.
Wedding Looks for Andro-Femme Leaning Folks
A reader asked for some wedding looks for a person with an androgynous/femme aesthetic that they could wear to a straight family member’s wedding and I immediately asked to make a style guide because getting fancy for grandma while still feeling like myself is one of my favorite things to do.