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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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.

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This Wisconsin dairy farm wedding started with a failed matchmaking attempt

Cali and Cezanne’s Wisconsin dairy farm wedding proved that sometimes a failed matchmaking attempt is just the universe’s way of pointing you toward the right person. Their neon-lit celebration at Seven Acre Dairy Company featured botanical embroidery, heart-covered tulle, and a build-your-own soft-serve station that put traditional wedding cake to shame (because butter lovers really are better lovers).

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Chihuahua bouquet and a vintage Corvette: This backyard Halloween wedding is the ultimate DIY treat

From a puppy serving as a bouquet to a red-velvet reception change, this backyard Florida celebration traded traditional polish for high-impact DIY details and a 2000s vintage aesthetic.

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An LGBTQ+ gothic elopement in the Scottish woods (…WITH FIRE!)

Kendal and Lake skipped the wedding industrial complex and went straight into the woods. From Alabama to a storm-soaked corner of Perthshire, Scotland they built an elopement around fire, water, moss, and intention. Gothic fashion, Celtic-inspired rituals, and a river vow sealed at dusk made this less a performance and more a reckoning with place, weather, and commitment.