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two white lesbian brides — one with blueish dyed hair and one with red hair — embrace during a gay wedding ceremony

Blush and Bashful: How To Plan a Lesbian Wedding Ceremony

Somewhere in between thrifting 50 floral print hankies and meeting with the queer chef who is catering my wedding, I realized that I had to actually… figure out what I…

Vanessa —

May 11, 2023

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Blush and Bashful: How To Save Money on Your Lesbian Wedding

There is no right or wrong way to host a wedding — but when you’re thinking about how to save money at your gay wedding, it’s a good idea to…

Vanessa —

Apr 27, 2023

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#WEDDING written into the sand on a beach

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Blush and Bashful: Why Am I So Stressed About a Wedding Hashtag?

I learned some weird things about wedding hashtags while fixating on this.

Vanessa —

Apr 13, 2023

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two people holding hands at an elopement in beautiful New Zealand, holding bouquets against moody blue skies and next to water

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Blush and Bashful: How to Elope

When you elope it’s fantastically freeing to only focus on yourselves.

Kristen —

Mar 30, 2023

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two corsaged sets of hands hold each other in close up during a lesbian wedding.

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Blush and Bashful: Let’s Talk About Wedding Registries

Your loved ones want to get you the things you want, and they can only do that if you tell them what that is!

Vanessa —

Mar 16, 2023

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A collage of seven heart shaped images featuring seven different relationships on a pale pink background. The hearts feature photos of the seven relationships interviewed for this column: Kristen and Kayla, Beth and Sa’iyda, Yasmeen and Clio and their polycule, Adrienne, and Jenny, Evette and Teré, Amanda-Faye and Jo, and Sadie and Nico.

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Blush and Bashful: What It’s Like To Be Queer and Engaged

If you’re wondering what some queer people who aren’t me are thinking about when it comes to getting engaged and wedding planning (or not wedding planning), this installment of Blush…

Vanessa —

Mar 2, 2023

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A fat bride with brown hair curled at the edges around her shoulders is in a white gown and looking at herself in the mirror of a dressing room. She is smiling and happy.

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Blush and Bashful: How One Fat Femme Bought Her Dream Wedding Dress

The reason I wanted to write about this experience is explicitly to say to other fat brides that buying a dress does not have to be a negative experience.

Vanessa —

Feb 16, 2023

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