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“I’m really proud of that episode. And I will defend it to anybody who wants to talk about it. Why shouldn’t their teacher marry another man? We all know people who are gay, who are trans, and it’s something that is socially acceptable. Why is there this discomfort that it takes a leap into our national media? I don’t want children or people who are different to feel excluded. That’s not the kind of world we want to live in. And...

Alabama Public Television chose not to air PBS’s Arthur episode that included a same-sex marriage. In the episode, which aired nationwide May 13, Arthur and his friends attend their beloved teacher Mr. Ratburn’s nuptials to his partner. APT preempted the episode by showing a re-run of Arthur. Mike Mckenzie, director of programming at APT, said APT was notified by WGBH and PBS in mid-April about the episode titled “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” and decided to show a re-run. Mckenzie said...

Queer representation in children's animation has been getting better and better as the years go by, and while it's nice to see so many new, inclusive titles premiering on so many networks, we wish some of our old-school faves would also introduce queer characters as well. Well it looks like Arthur might have just heard our prayers... The long-running PBS Kids series (which has been airing since 1996) just confirmed that Mr. Nigel Ratburn, Arthur Read's cake-loving, third-grade, Lakewood Elementary...

Sara Cunningham, 54, took to Facebook to extend her offer to stand in as a supportive mother at same-sex weddings One Oklahoma mother is making headlines after her adorable Facebook post offering her love and support to same-sex couples went viral. Sara Cunningham, a 54-year-old mother-of-two and ordained minister from Oklahoma City, shared a PSA on her Facebook page last Friday: “If you need a mom to attend your same sex wedding because your biological mom won’t. Call me. I’m there....

Here come the grooms! The first ever wedding took place at the annual gathering known as White Party in Palm Springs over the weekend. Rossano Milani & Daniele Taddei, who hail from Italy, exchanged vows in front of hundreds of spectators who got to witness the beautiful moment. The now married couple traded in the traditional tuxes used at most weddings for something a bit more revealing. They only sported a pair of colorful shorts, shades, and nothing else. The guy...

This weekend, CNN anchorman Don Lemon got engaged to his now-fiancé, real estate agent Tim Malone. Also designer Marc Jacobs married candlemaker Char Defrancesco in a New York City ceremony. Let’s celebrate by taking a quick peek at each one’s happy, romantic backstories. Lemon revealed his engagement on Instagram. The marriage proposal itself was engraved on bowtie-shaped dog tags that were placed onto the collars of their puppies, Boomer and Barkley. The engraving read, “Daddy will you marry papa?” Last year,...

Congratulations to the happy couple! Rob Kearney, one of the world’s strongest men, married his boyfriend over the weekend (17 March). The gay professional strongman took to Instagram to post a beautiful wedding photo with his new husband Joey Aleixo on a beach in Melbourne, Australia. ‘So we did a thing,’ Kearney wrote in the caption of the photo. ‘We didn’t tell many people, but on March 17 2019 and I got MARRIED!!’ He then added: ‘To call this man my husband...

Some princes marry other princes. Get over it. The happiest place on Earth is also shaping up to be the gayest. Disney’s official Instagram shared a post this week featuring two men getting married at Orlando’s Walt Disney World resort to promote its Fairy Tale Weddings and Honeymoons program, a vacation package that includes a special ceremony with Disney characters and photos in front of Cinderella’s castle. Similar images of same-sex couples are also prominently featured on Disney’s official wedding website. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt38yDElNZM/?utm_source=ig_embed Comments on...

‘Age is just a number’ say 75-year-old Andrew Goodier and 24-year-old Ethan Chao Shou-Chuan A Taiwanese and British gay couple held a wedding party in Taiwan on Saturday (16 February). Andrew Goodier and Ethan Chao Shou-Chuan celebrated their relationship with 40 family and friends at a traditional banquet in Miaoli on the country’s west coast. Their age difference of 51 years made headlines in the country. After a famous Taiwan writer shared the couple’s story online, more than 500 well-wishers also arrived at...

Former gay porn star turned math professor says it was a 'perfect day' A gay porn star couple married yesterday (4 May), 12 years on from their first gay sex scene together. Ruggero Freddi (porn name Carlo Masi) and his new Argentinian husband Gustavo Leguizamon (porn name Adam Champ) met on the set of Leguizamon’s first movie in Sacramento, California. At the time, Freddi was one of the biggest stars at gay porn company Colt Studios. So he expected Leguizamon to reconize...

Saint Helena has seen its first ever same-sex wedding. Swedish national Michael Wernstedt tied the knot with native citizen Lemarc Thomas in a beautiful ceremony on December 31 2018. The event came just over a year since Governor Lisa Phillips signed marriage equality into law on December 20 2017, the Saint Helena Independent has reported. Registrar Karen Yon oversaw the historic gay wedding on the tiny British territory, which is home to 4,500 people and sits in the South Atlantic Ocean island...

The Canadian province of Alberta is about to get its first same-sex wedding for a cabinet minister. Ricardo Miranda has already made history before. In 2015, he became the first openly gay, Jewish, Hispanic person elected to Alberta legislature. He’s now the minister of culture and tourism. Now according to CBC/Radio Canada, Miranda’s personal life and political life are affecting each other in ways they never have before. On July 4, 2015, Miranda was visiting the Lesser Slave Lake area for a...

At their wedding in upstate New York this month, Noah and PJ decided their ‘first dance’ was going to be something special. And thanks to the mashup of totally gay dance music and a wide-ranging choreography covering just about every dance style, it looks like they accomplished their goal. It all begins oh-so-innocently with the boys slow-dancing to the romantical “It’s a Quiet Thing.” But then, the music cuts out. Cue the Miami Sound Machines’ “Conga,” and the boys are off! Soon they segue...

Check out more amazing photos from the wedding A beautiful interfaith couple married both cultures and each other in New York City this past weekend. Martin and Amit, a same-sex couple, wed at the luxurious New York City landmark venue Cipriani Wall Street. The wedding happened on 20 October. Interfaith couple hold Indian wedding in New York City Because the wedding was so big, many Wall Street blocks closed. The couple arrived on extravagantly decorated horses. 300 special guests celebrated the couple’s nuptials in Manhattan. ‘The...