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- CREATIVE DIRECTOR BEHD ‘BLACK GAY WEDDGS’ TALKS TURNG DISCRIMATN INTO SUCCS
- CREATIVE DIRECTOR BEHD ‘BLACK GAY WEDDGS’ TALKS TURNG DISCRIMATN INTO SUCCS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR BEHD ‘BLACK GAY WEDDGS’ TALKS TURNG DISCRIMATN INTO SUCCS
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Dewayne Queen, Creative Director, Black Gay Weddgs (Photo: David Slocumb) Dewayne Queen, Atlanta-based Creative Director of Black Gay Weddgs, tells The Reckong how founrs, Michael (COO) and Lawrence (CEO) Broughton’s nuptials set the wheels motn for the platform to celebrate Black LGBTQ+ upl while workg to ensure that what happened to them would never happen to another uple.
And so 2018, Black Gay Weddgs, the platform was birthed out of the hate that they received for their unn, ” he said. Dewayne Queen, Atlanta-based Creative Director of Black Gay Weddgs, tells The Reckong how founrs, Michael (COO) and Lawrence (CEO) Broughton’s nuptials set the wheels motn for the platform to celebrate Black LGBTQ+ upl while workg to ensure that what happened to them would never happen to another uple. Inclivy is not jt a buzzword Black Gay Weddgs isn’t jt a place where newlyweds are celebrated.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR BEHD ‘BLACK GAY WEDDGS’ TALKS TURNG DISCRIMATN INTO SUCCS
The se also celebrat engagements, elopements, and anniversari, acrdg to Queen, who also adds that the platform is “not jt geared towards Black gay men or lbians, but is a celebratn of all unns, ” which he says is clive of trans upl. There is no shortage of reprentatn om Atlanta upl who have jumped the broom and submted their special day to be featured on Black Gay Weddgs. Queen also tells The Reckong that the safety of all upl who appear on Black Gay Weddgs is a top prry, which is why they only publish first nam, choosg to keep last nam private to ward off attacks om homophobic ter trolls.
Tahir & Amon, an Atlanta uple featured The Reckong’s Febary 2021 verage of Better Way To Meet, is also featured on Black Gay Weddgs. As the night went on, beme more and more apparent that everyone there was genuely happy for the uple as they danced and played the night away, ” wrote Black Gay Weddgs of the newlyweds.
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