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Gender affirming: I wore a tux for the first time, officiating my sister’s wedding

When my sister asked me to officiate her wedding I felt honored and excited. As a recording artist, I’m using to being in front of crowds, but acting as my sister’s officiant, this would be the first time since my transition that my entire family would be seeing me in a tuxedo. Talk about a gender-affirming opportunity!

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A colorful wedding with a pink pantsuit and a disco wedding dress

The theme for our wedding was fun, funky, and colorful. We’ve always liked to do things in a non-traditional way and we knew our wedding would be no different! Much like our home, we wanted to incorporate lots of color, and keep things happy, bright, and not too serious.

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Here’s how to use potted plants in your wedding decor

Consider yourself a plant parent? Well now you can incorporate your babies into your celebrations. We’re taking a page out of Sam and Alex’s botanical wedding to show you how to use potted plants in your wedding. And for those of you are are still in your emo phase, wait till you see how Alex surprised Sam at their reception!

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An emo wedding during a Coheed & Cambria cruise

We first met at the Warped Tour — we’re both musicians and huge fans of pop-punk. So of course we decided to have an emo wedding on a music festival cruise put on by the band Coheed & Cambria!