Tag: same-sex wedding

Friends is one of those shows that is almost always on TV, a familiar 90’s sitcom is just like a comfort food that you can always turn to. It is probably one of the most known series, and that is the reasons that millions of fans were thrilled when it was announced that it would be coming to Netflix. However, excitement quickly died down when people began to binge watch the show and found that it was more problematic than they...

“It is the most important day of our lives," says Stephen Henderson. After Bermuda passed marriage equality in spring 2017, cruise ship with holdings in the country began to offer same-sex wedding packages at sea. But when Parliament repealed same-sex marriage barely six months later, it left gay couples high and dry. Stephen Henderson and Stuart Andrews booked passage with P&O Cruises last summer so they could have their July 22, 2019 wedding on a boat in the Bay of Biscay....

Australia said yes! Equal marriage passed in the Australian parliament on December 9 but, thanks to the traditional 30-day waiting period, most same-sex couples had to wait until January 9 to tie the knot. (A few couples got special exemptions to marry early.) Below, browse images from some of the first same-sex weddings from Down Under. Love wins! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdrs80NBud0/ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bds-rTVAJlC/ Hundreds of couples had their ceremonies at the stroke of midnight, like Gillian Brady and Lisa Goldsmith (above) who were wed at The Court...

While everyone was wrapping those last minute gifts and putting the finishing touches on their Christmas Eve—RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist and superstar Manila Luzon, got married to long-time boyfriend Michael Alvarez, Mic J Rez. Manila (Karl Westerberg) and his new hubby exchanged vows at the famous Silver Bell Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas—with all the fanfare the Sin City has to offer, including an Elvis impersonator as their ordained minister—RuPaul was busy? Category is: Wedding Realness!! Manila wore a black tuxedo...

We're not crying, you're crying. It’s been a tough year, but love still won out with marriage equality legalized in Germany, Australia, Malta and even the tiny island of St. Helena (population 4,500). Here are 23 same-sex marriage proposal videos to remind us how beautiful and resilient queer love was in 2017. Erica and Farren https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=319&v=mnNnkwVixlo This adorable young couple kicked off 2017 the right way, with a surprise proposal at the strike of midnight and so many happy tears. Mosa and Siya https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1076&v=t_Oz1xBg8F4 This summer, Mosa...

Coming out of the closet is an incredibly difficult thing to do for anyone. Some of us have it easier than others, but the freedom in doing so is universally the same in that it gets the biggest weight we have on our shoulders off. It may be difficult for friends and family members to accept who you truly are after you have done so, but the feeling of being your authentic self is something that each LGBTQ person should...

The former Olympic diver is fronting a campaign for Sydney-based Affinity Diamonds and has helped design the rings Matthew Mitcham has been a vocal supporter of bringing same-sex marriage to Australia. The gay, former Olympic diver has campaigned for people to vote ‘yes’ in the recent postal vote on the issue in the country. The eagerly awaited results of the vote will be announced tomorrow at 10am Sydney time. A poll conducted after the voting closed found that 63% of those...

I had the pleasure of attending a couple's celebration of marriage last year. The wedding ceremony was open to all, but the reception was on a boat so the seating was limited. I was happy to be 1 of the 112 that were on the intracoastal cruise that night. What I did notice was that one of the groom's family was not present ... at all. He had the family he chose there beside him to celebrate, but the...

Yigal Guetta attended his nephew's same-sex wedding two years ago An ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli lawmaker quit after coming under fire for attending a gay wedding. On Monday (11 Aug), Yigal Guetta spoke in an interview with pride about attending the same-sex wedding. Rabbis published a letter Tuesday saying Guette’s attendance at the wedding was a ‘public desecration of Heaven.’ They demanded that the leaders of Guetta’s political party ‘remove and fire’ him immediately. Yigal Guetta handed in his resignation on Wednesday morning. ‘My own judgment...

Ahh, wedding season! If you haven’t seen my previous article on how gay men are always getting dumped by their best girlfriend, you wouldn’t know that I am officially a bridesmaid (yes!) at my best girlfriend’s upcoming wedding. I couldn’t be more excited to participate in my lifelong friend’s special day. I’m so thrilled for her, that I began thinking…I, as a gay man, can legally get married! How could I almost have forgotten?! Recently, I was in Chicago for...

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...

Congratulations, Roland Emmerich! Star director Roland Emmerich and his long-term partner will tie the knot this summer. The star director, who is best known for his disaster films, revealed the happy news in an interview with the German Press Agency (DPA). Emmerich said it was him who popped the question. Omar de Soto, the Independence Day director’s partner of nearly nine years, obviously said yes. So far no exact date has been set, but Emmerich shared a few more details. The couple, who are 33...

Burrell recently divorced his wife of 32 years. Princess Diana’s former butler Paul Burrell has come out and announced that he’ll be getting married to his boyfriend this April. The 58-year-old Buckingham Palace servant-turned-author will tie the knot with lawyer Graham Cooper after calling it quits with his wife of 32 years six months ago. Burrell gained notoriety in the wake of Princess Diana’s death for his series of tell-all memoirs detailing his close personal relationship with the princess and his years...

Have a hanky at the ready... Gay singer Christopher Krow has teamed up with social app Moovz to create an emotional music video about same-sex marriage. The video brings together clips of eight ceremonies as Krow passionately belts out his original song, Altar. Krow is an up and coming musician based in Seattle, WA. He believes that through his music he can help spread the simple message that love is love. ‘It’s so easy to stop believing in love during difficult times but...