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Must I Invite My Homophobic Stepdad To My Homosexual Wedding?

He was awful when you came out, but now he wants to COME OUT to your wedding. Also; how to…

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Must I Invite My Homophobic Stepdad To My Homosexual Wedding?

He was awful when you came out, but now he wants to COME OUT to your wedding. Also; how to friend an ex without sending mixed signals.

the team —

Aug 15, 2025

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I Don’t Love Gay Marriage but I’m Officiating My Friends’ Gay Wedding

Oh, I love attending weddings. Yes, yes. Flirting with a bridesmaid is like a Top 10 activity for me. But marriage does not fit snugly into my personal definition of…

Rebecca —

Aug 5, 2024

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The author (a black woman with short hair) and her wife (a white butch with brown hair) pose against a yellow and green wall on their wedding day with their son.

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My Wife and I Eloped, but I Still Want a Big Wedding One Day

It feels amazing to call Beth my wife. The thought of not being able to marry her because I was too hung up on the perfect wedding, scared me.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Feb 14, 2024

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The Times I Stayed in the Closet While Wedding Planning

Planning a queer wedding isn’t without its complications, especially when you live in a place trying to push LGBTQ folks out of public life.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 8, 2024

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Help Me Find a Hot Plus Size Queer Outfit for a Gay Wedding

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Help Me Find a Hot Plus Size Queer Outfit for a Gay Wedding

As a plus sized baddie on a budget, I’ve listed these gay wedding outfit options from least expensive to most expensive. It’s hard to be gay and look cool and…

Em Win —

Jan 30, 2024

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How To Make the Website for Your Lesbian Wedding

I put the date on my website homepage no less than three times because apparently GAYS CAN’T READ.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 18, 2024

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How To Set the Dress Code for Your Queer Wedding

We’re queering dress codes!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 8, 2024

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How To Make Planning Your Queer Wedding HOT

Wedding planning isn’t exactly known for being sexy, but we found a way to make it so.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 25, 2023

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37 Extremely Important Questions You Must Answer Before Getting Married Or You’re Doomed

8. How many holidays per year are you prepared to spend with my grandmother in Florida?

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A Handy Form Letter For That Relative Who Won’t Attend Your Gay Wedding

WHY ARE YOU BEING SO MEAN TO ME?!?!?!!?!

Riese —

Jul 9, 2015

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You Need Help: Always Her Bridesmaid and Never Her Bride

She’s engaged TO him, but engaged WITH you — and you’re not sure how much more of this you can take.

Riese —

Jan 5, 2015

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19 Ways Our Queer Weddings Won’t Suck

Until complete marriage equality reigns, our feelings on tacky lingerie and weird patriarchal traditions are kind of a moot point so we’re allowed to be bitchy when we judge them,…

A.E. Osworth —

Jul 25, 2013

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Gallery: 50 Adorable Lesbian Couples Having Adorable Lesbian Weddings

I don’t even have a news peg for this.

Ryan Yates —

Jun 15, 2012

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