Category Archive

LGBTQ

At Offbeat Wed, we celebrate all queer identities and have subcategories for lesbian weddings, transgender weddings, gay weddings, and bisexuality & pansexuality, as well as genderqueer and non-binary gender identity issues.

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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.

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Maximalist magic: Joel & Justin’s art-filled, food-obsessed Madison wedding

Joel and Justin didn’t just plan a wedding… they staged a maximalist takeover of Madison, WI. There were pink plaid suits, 1,000 paper cranes, and DIY food. Oh, and their dogs walked them down the aisle! This wedding was loud, lush, and unapologetically queer.

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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.

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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.