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Dom and Nick met when they were teenagers A gay couple living in Brooklyn, New York City, saw their love story go viral in June when it was featured on the Instagram profile, @TheWayWeMet. Nick met Dominic when they were 14 and 16 respectively. They went to the same High School, but then to different colleges. They met again after graduating and fell in love. ‘We reconnected one summer when I was in Orlando helping a friend move into her dorm and...

The intimate short film will help raise money for LGBT+ causes. They might be busy enjoying their honeymoon in northern Spain, but Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have still found the time to share their stunning wedding day video. The A-list couple, who tied the knot at Bovey Castle in Devon in May, wax lyrical about their love for each other in a gorgeous short that provides an intimate look at their big day, and which will help raise money...

'This is not a fairytale, this is a tale of two fairies' On 8 July, Gogglebox star Chris Steed married partner Tony Butland in a beautiful ceremony in Brighton. The couple released a video celebrating the day and as ‘a tribute to all of their heroes who fought so hard to give them the freedom to live as themselves, as well as the freedom to marry’. Shot and edited by Amber Rose Morgan, the video is sure to grow any heart three...

A California pastor has claimed that Satan is responsible for gay weddings. The claim comes from pastor Jim Garlow, the pastor of Skyline Church in San Diego. Speaking at the Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, Garlow suggested that gay couple getting married is a Satanic plot. The pastor claimed that the marriage of men and women in the Bible He said: “You put male and female together, ish and ishah, and you get yod hey – that’s the name for God. “That’s the...

Couples from across the UK are expected to travel to Scotland to get married there. A major cathedral in Scotland has become the first in the UK to host weddings for same-sex weddings. After a decision earlier this year by Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod to allow same-sex couples to marry in church ceremonies, St Mary’s Cathedral in Glasgow is now taking bookings for gay couples to exchange their vows. The Cathedral’s clergy were granted permission to perform the ceremonies by the...

A loving mother has allegedly been forced to resign from her high-ranking post in a Muslim group because her son is gay. Siddika Reza defied her peers by refusing to condemn her son, Ali Reza, when he came out as gay. Earlier this month she attended the same-sex wedding of her son, speaking openly about her joy for the happy couple. Following the wedding she has become the target of public condemnation from leaders of their Shia Ithna-Asheri sect, also known as...

“We got death threats, really bad ones.” A gay Muslim couple have spoken up about the online abuse they received after sharing pictures of their wedding online. Jahed ‘Jay’ Choudhury and Sean Rogan appeared on Victoria Derbyshire on BBC News today (July 14) to discuss the abuse they have received. The couple posted images of their wedding online in order to educate those from religious backgrounds about homosexuality. They wanted to show that homosexuality and religion don’t have to be mutually exclusive. However,...

It’s been two years since the historic Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling made same-sex marriage the law of the land across the United States. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting our favorite marriage stories to remind the world that love is love. How better to enter the married chapter of your life than by kicking off your shoes and doing a not-so-impromptu dance-off set to the tune of Emeli Sande’s “Next To Me”? That’s how grooms Sean and Spencer...

"We're going to show the whole world that you can be gay and Muslim." A gay Muslim man says he hopes his wedding to his partner of two years can inspire other Muslims struggling to reconcile their sexuality with their faith. Jahed Choudhury, 24, married his boyfriend Sean Rogan, 19, in a beautiful ceremony in Walsall registry office wearing traditional Muslim attire. The pair first met when Jahed was crying on a bench in Darlaston after being ostracised from his community and...

Last month, we told you about the three men who were slated to become Colombia's first legal polyamorous family. And now, the gentlemen are speaking to The Guardian about their upcoming nuptials. Manuel Bermudez and Alejandro Rodriguez have been together for 18 years. And their soon to be three-way union is not be the first time the couple found themselves on the frontline in the fight for gay rights. 16 long years before country's constitutional court would make same-sex marriage legal, Bermudez and...

Turns out we've still got time to find The One Even though same-sex marriage is legal in both the U.S. and the UK, it seems as though not every gay man is ready to tie the knot. While most of us expect to get married in our 30s, it turns out most LGBT+ men like to wait a little longer to make that big commitment. New research has discovered that the average age for gay men to tie the knot is around...

'It was beautiful and I hope Margaret Court sees it.' Two long-time marriage equality advocates were ‘illegally married’ outside of the namesake arena of tennis legend Margaret Court. Court, 74, was one of the world’s greatest tennis players, winning 24 grand slam titles in her career. But she has courted international media attention in recent years for her controversial stance on LGBTI issues. Most recently she boycotted Qantas airlines because its CEO supported marriage equality. In May, she compared trans children to...

Iceland may have a population of only around 330k, but we have to assume the Prime Minister doesn’t show up at every wedding on the island nation. Or, for that matter, Lindsay Lohan. But the fates brought the world leader and the Freaky Friday actress together to celebrate the love between music supervisor Scott Guinn and social media manager Oliver Luckett over the weekend, and by all accounts, there was major bliss. The happy couple moved to Iceland so they could work...

'We wanted to validate our household... and our rights, because we had no solid legal basis establishing us as a family' Three gay men have become the first polyamorous relationship to be officially recognized in Colombia. Victor Hugo Prada, an actor, ‘married’ sports instructor John Alejandro Rodriguez and journalist Manuel Jose Bermudez in Medellin on Saturday. The thruple – three people in a relationship – signed legal documents with a solicitor officially recognizing their relationship. The men have been in their polyamorous...