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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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High-femme-queen or a little bit rustic? Sometimes I feel like a kid “playing Bride”

My fiancée and I were talking the other day about our wedding, and it kind of feels like we are playing pretend. Ok, y’all, we actually are grown-ass people. We are both 34 years old. I will be 35 in not-that-long. We have both been married before. We know what we’re getting ourselves into. But I still feel like a kid playing Bride.

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Marina & Ilana got married twice with a magical garden wedding

This gorgeous pair went to New York to get legally wed, but their home state of Florida pulled through for them, allowing a second wedding. And like one of the brides said, “I would have married her ten times.” D’aw. Take a peek at this fabulous outdoor wedding full of love and dancing.

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Our heads asploded over Ali & Olivia’s fairy tale wedding with pop-up centerpieces and rainbow cake

The pop-up centerpieces alone are click-worthy, but just wait until you see the brides’ outfits, five-tiered rainbow cake, fairy flower girls, gondola ride to the ceremony, and illustrated program. This wedding has so many amazing details that our heads asploded. Oh, and don’t miss the amazing flipbook photo booth favors. We get to see them in action!

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Color explodes from Kimber & Kaylee’s boho wedding

Just wait until you see how many gorgeous details you can spot in this two-bride wedding: hundreds of pom-poms, flowers in blue hair, DIYed infographic invitations and programs, guh-mazing Spanish moss backdrops, colorful and organic centerpieces, rainbow place settings, teeny pastel macarons, and a dance floor that didn’t quit. Just trust us… go look at this wedding and swoon.