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Sunny Hess, a senior at the University of Maryland, has issued a call for gay and lesbian couples to help her (and her student-based team) with a documentary on gay marriage. She says: "We are looking for couples who would...
We asked Spencer McCormack, of
Main Event Caterers, to share a few tips with us about what a couple should keep in mind when getting started with planning a wedding. Here's what he said...
Washington Post Staff Writer, Ylan Q. Mui, reports that same sex marriage stands to benefit the local economy in the Metro DC area. According to the Williams Institute, the legalization of same-sex marriage in Washington DC will create 700 jobs...
Kathryn Hamm of GayWeddings.com agrees to a live television appearance and then realizes that she's ready with her talking points, but will need the assistance of a pro to get her "face on" for the lights and cameras. Enter Giannina Giraldo of Picture Perfect Makeup to save the day.
We were thrilled to speak with
Rebecca Cooper of Washington's ABC News 7 on the day that same sex couples were first able to submit applications for marriage licenses in the District of Columbia. In the interview, we discussed our ground-breaking product line and the factors which contribute to the potential for a strong economic impact in DC and the surrounding Metro areas.
Read on to view the segment, which aired on the 6 pm newscast on Wednesday, March 3.
Crate & Barrel has enlisted the services of "A-list" event planner, Jo Gartin, and, with the help of Daily Candy, is sponsoring a $100,000 wedding giveaway. Simply put, couples (sexual orientation
not specified!) are invited to
post their love stories in 100 words or less by March 31, 2010. Bottom line: 50 finalists will be selected and the winner will be determined by popular vote.
What we love about our
Facebook Fan Page and
Twitter feed is that we have so many opportunities to share our thoughts and observations with our community. And, even better yet, this public "conversation" allows our brides and grooms to learn from and connect with each other and it allows vendors to share their thoughts with us and our clients.
We've been burning the candles at both ends for the past few years and will be resurrecting our time in the blogosphere with more regular posts. You can still find many great articles on our pioneering web site, GayWeddings.com, but...
When officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, this country went to war over a word. How different is a 'gay marriage' from a heterosexual one? THE YEAR OF PAPER follows three couples - lesbian, heterosexual and gay- through their first year of marriage and explores both
sides of the same-sex marriage debate.