A colorful queer wedding at Bellingham Pride (planned in only 3 WEEKS!)
Ever wondered if you could plan your perfect queer wedding in THREE WEEKS? After receiving some difficult health news, Crystal and Riley didn’t want to wait around for the traditional wedding planning timeline. Instead, they quickly pulled together a vibrantly colorful, hyper-local wedding celebration at Bellingham Pride in Washington state.
Kalleh ghand wedding: queer joy, Persian feast, underground beats
Sugar, honey, queer love! During Bobby + Kate’s kalleh ghand wedding ceremony, their family held a veil overhead and ground sugar cones together to shower sweetness into their marriage. Then they fed each other honey with their pinkies… because this love deserves to stay sticky-sweet forever.
Black lace, bass drops, and big queer love in the trees
What happens when two EDM-loving queers get married in a literal treehouse? You get gothic romance, misty forest vows, and a reception that devolved (evolved?) into a tequila-soaked rave. Courtney and Riley’s wedding was high fashion meets high BPM—black lace, chosen family, bass drops, and tacos for days. It was tender. It was wild. It was queer magic incarnate.
Big fat gender non-conforming bridal representation: a soft, ethereal shoot
Fat… gender non-conforming… in a wedding dress. This styled shoot serves ethereal softness with teeth. Shot through with dreamy light and unapologetic joy, these images say what the mainstream wedding media won’t: EVERY body is a bridal body. Not just during pride month, and not just for show, but because queerness is sacred year-round.