Category Archives: same-sex marriage

Such fab news from California

Everyone knows by now that California legalized same-sex marriage…and it takes effect next week on June 16th at 5 pm. Woo hoo! It is such fantastic news. All the Californian couples wed in Canada will automatically have their Canadian marriages recognized (as do heterosexual couples). A wonderful couple I photographed last year has been featured...

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A Lovely Late Summer Wedding

photo credit: Meghann HamiltonThese lovely gents got married at Jericho Beach Park yesterday, and I just wanted to give them a shout out and a great big congrats while they’re waiting for their photos! These guys hail from Australia and won their wedding in a joint Canada/Australia tourism contest. Today they’re away on the included...

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Amy and Mindy

These two lovely Floridians came up to Vancouver to be married this week! Congratulations, Amy and Mindy! They are the first in their circle of LGBT friends to wed, and I’m so curious to know if their lovely nuptial day (yes, the rain held off, if not during their carriage ride then during their Stanley...

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Anonymous - Most of our friends cry, congratulate, and express their jealousy. The wedding was remarkable and Jane was wonderful. We look forward to many more visits to Vancouver. I think we are Canadians at heart, eh?
Love,
Amy and Mindy

Ah, wedding season!

Leanne and Moya, brides from San Francisco, braved last week’s Vancouver chill to legalize the wedding that had been invalidated in California nearly three years ago. They were one of the hundreds of couples snaked around San Francisco’s City Hall in the rain after Mayor Gavin Newsom decided to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples...

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leanne waldal - Freezing on the beach, indeed, though feeling happy and validated creates a lot of warmth — thanks so much for sharing your story and your beautiful art. The U.S. always seems a decade or four behind Canada so hopefully the U.S., or at least California, will catch up in our lifetimes!