E is a Filipina transwoman dentist in Barcelona, Spain and G is a Spanish IT professional. They have been together for 5 years and met in an unexpected way. They had their first wedding in Barcelona in the home chapel of G’s father and which G’s father built by hand. Then they got legally married […]
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Lesbian Couple Say Their Vows of Love
What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strength each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting? George Eliot A Holy Union is a […]
Same-Sex Wedding in the Philippines Will Melt Your Heart
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my […]
Gay Wedding Almost Cancelled By Storm
David and Ryan have been together for four years. They met on the 12th of March in 2015. They are officially celebrating their first anniversary this year, on the 18th of August. It has been a year since Open Table MCC (a church that conducts same-sex unions) has officiated David and Ryan’s wedding, and we […]
On PH Congress’ Online Poll for Same-Sex Civil Union
1. Civil Union is not Marriage and we should NOT accept anything less than equal rights both in law and in the language of the law. 2. Our rights, dignity and lives are not determined by polls. Regardless of public opinion our rights remain. YET we recognize the power of public opinion to sway legislation […]
Vote “YES” for Same-Sex Unions on Congress.Gov.PH Online Poll
Go to www.congress.gov.ph and look for the online poll that asks: Are you in favor of the proposal in the House of Representatives which legalizes same-sex unions as civil partnership in the country? There are three options: Yes, because this will give equal civil rights to same-sex couples. The bill provides such couples with legal […]
Watch: Gay Wedding Trailer Will Make You Teary-Eyed
A gay couple from the Philippines made a video trailer for their upcoming wedding in Tagaytay this coming August. They even made a website for their upcoming wedding, twogroomstwogardens.com – supposedly a pun on the venue name, which is Two Gardens. The same-sex wedding, or “holy union“, will be officiated by Open Table MCC – an […]
This Gay Christian Wedding Proves Love Conquers All
Jayson and Morris met 10 years ago in a bus journey to Manila. They have been together ever since. And after a decade of love, loyalty and all the struggles as well as joys of a loving relationship, they decided to celebrate their love with family and friends through a blessing of the rite of […]
This Lesbian Wedding in Boracay Should Be Your #WeddingGoals
Filipino-Australian couple Ann and Rica went to Boracay Island in Visayas, Philippines to hold their wedding ceremony. The couple were afraid that they wouldn’t find wedding suppliers in the Philippines that accepts same-sex couples as their clients. However, once they started liaising, the suppliers gave them nothing but “unwavering support, encouragement and love.” Ann and […]
Gay Wedding: Love Beyond Race, Gender, and Borders
What is a vow, but an intention spoken out before the world so that the world, in hearing, might take part in aspirations of the willing heart? In our coming here today to join and bless the joy of your becoming wed, may we enter in the truth of the words you’ve said, “I do.” […]