Whether you support marriage equality or not, it’s wise to learn about how the LGBT wedding market is having an impact on your business. I interviewed Bernadette Smith of the Gay Wedding Institute to get a state of the union for today’s LGBT couples getting married. In case you haven’t met Bernadette, she started the very first business specializing in

By Megan Miranda As a wedding professional, you know that some straight couples want conventional weddings and others want to mix it up. Same-sex couples are no different — there are those who want to follow traditions and those who want to make their own. Remember this when you meet with prospective clients who are either two brides or two

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By Kelly Rice Recent advances in marriage equality have once again changed the landscape for wedding businesses all over the country. The industry is no stranger to change, of course, with marriages and families helping to shape innovations in the marketplace as well as developing new traditions while still giving people the ‘fairy tale wedding’ they always dreamed of. There

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The marriage equality movement has opened up a whole new market for the US wedding industry. The majority of wedding pros are excited about the opportunity; surveys conducted in the WeddingWire network suggest that 86% of wedding pros plan on serving same sex couples. Get an overview of the marriage equality movement and learn five things you don’t know about

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With same sex weddings rapidly becoming legalized and accepted in the US, many wedding pros are embracing the trend. But if you’ve never worked a gay wedding before and you want to get started, how do you attract those leads without saying, “Hey, en-gay-ged couples!  Hire me?” Here are some actions you can take to clearly position yourself as an

–Updated May 2017 Same sex marriage in the United States is officially legal in all 50 states.  Whether you know it or not, it’s impacting your wedding business. A Brief History of Marriage Equality The 1970’s – The movement to grant civil marriage rights and same sex marriage begins.  In 1971, the Minnesota Supreme Court rules that same gay marriage