Category Archive

BIPOC

Based on reader feedback that it was “hard to find any weddings of people of color,” we started tagging posts that featured a BIPOC bride and/or groom — and/or means you’ll find tons of interracial couples in here! Increasing visibility for BIPOC folks has been a priority for us since 2008, and note that we always allow folks to self-identify. More about how and why we do this here.

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Chanelle & Julie’s two-bride backyard BBQ wedding

In honor of Human Rights Day and I wanted to feature a wedding that illustrated just how absurd it is that two people this in love can’t get married everywhere in the world. – Becca

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Carmela & Luis’s pink monkey in wonderland wedding

Pink hair, fantabulous colored crinolines with contrasting dresses and matching fascinators, epic columns, and a grand entrance to Rage Against the Machine — this wedding has it all!

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A Japanese wedding in Fiji

On Monday I got serious about gay travel in Fiji, today I get light and fluffy with wedding porn from the traditional but adorable wedding I got to witness in Fiji.

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Candace & Erik’s 1930s gal meets ska boy wedding

Candance and Erik has a simple ceremony at the registry office in London. They created a vinage feel with her lovely satin gown and Erik’s pin-stripe suit and hat. Friends from all over the world came to see them wed and Candance rocked a leather jacket and skull ring to keep things ‘her.’