Ten years after Massachetts legalized gay marriage, the upl whose same-sex weddg announcements were the first to appear The Tim reflect on what marriage means to them.
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- WATCH: FIRST GAY MALE WEDDG SOAP OPERA HISTORY
- WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
WATCH: FIRST GAY MALE WEDDG SOAP OPERA HISTORY
* first gay wedding 2014 *
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WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
“While certa steps the planng procs are ntral, such as selectg a menu, there are many qutns for gay grooms and lbian bris, ” explaed Jason Mchell, thor of “Gettg Groomed: The Ultimate Weddg Planner for Gay Grooms. Tradnal shower etiquette don't ver two bris, or none, which may expla why a 2013 gay weddg survey by the Knot and the Advote noted that only 8 percent of same-sex upl reported havg a shower (pared to 22 percent for oppose-sex upl). Bernatte Smh, one of the first same-sex weddg planners, poted out that she’s seeg more gay weddgs clu elements such as “drag, burlque and go-go boys.
” Breen’s father David told me: “I wonred what the guts might thk bee at one time some people assumed all gays were want-to-be drag queens and I didn’t want [our] guts to thk that. ”) As Drysdale told me, “While there’s nothg nventnal about a gay weddg, everybody had a fantastic time at Becky’s and the gay thg fad to the background as the eveng went on.