Vintage gay wedding
A Glamorous &#;s Old New York Inspired Gay Wedding in London
Now one might wonder, with a specify like ‘Love My Dress’, what I might be doing sharing the wedding of two gentlemen? Neither of them were wearing dresses, after all, however, one of these gentlemen does include rather a weakness for celestial bridal gowns, for he is the owner of Blackburn Bridal Couture, one of the leading bridal boutiques in the country and main stockist of Claire Pettibone gowns in the UK. And when the designer Claire Pettibone is a guest herself, well that guarantees a feature in my books.
Russell of Blackburn Bridal, who does actually love his dresses, married his beau Daniel on 28th December , at the Locale Restaurant in Blackheath, South East London &#; one of the couple&#;s favourite city eateries. Their chic, urban area wedding, inspired by my favourite place in the world, Unused York, of course, was photographed by the super talent Sarah Gawler (whose work featured on Love My Dress yesterday too) and they were supported with some on-the-day co-ordination, by wedding planner and stylist, Sama Hemsley Utterl
The mystery photos of a gay wedding
Decades before gay marriage became legal anywhere in the US, same-sex couples were committing themselves to each other in front of friends and loved ones. Few records of these ceremonies existed - until now, writes Jonathan Berr.
In , a dude dropped off a roll of film at a pharmacy in Philadelphia. But the developed photos were never returned to their owners.
The pictures emerge to depict a queer wedding, nearly 50 years before same-sex marriage was legal anywhere in the US and almost 60 years before it became a federally-recognised right.
Now, a trio of gay producers and writers are trying to identify the grooms to learn their story and to find out whether a pharmacy employee balked at providing the snaps because they objected to their subject.
The writers are documenting their attempts in a reality present The Mystery of the Gay Wedding Photos.
The programme, which doesn't yet have a platform to call home, is entity produced in conjunction with Endemol Shine Group, whose shows include Big Brother, T
Dear Gentlemen, Your year-old Wedding Pics are Ready
In , a young man went to a photo shop on the corner of North Broad Street and Allegheny Avenue to have his wedding photos developed. The photos captured the usual moments: the exchange of rings in front of witnesses, the first kiss and sway, the cutting of the cake and the opening of gifts.
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But the young man would never see them. That’s because the photos depict him in a pledge ceremony with another man, and unbeknownst to him, the store manager had a policy of withholding developed photos if he deemed them “inappropriate” — as he did these.
The photos, though, lived on because the manager of the shop had another policy: Staff were allowed to do whatever they pleased with confiscated pictures. An employee held on to the photos, which her daughter discovered in her Cherry Hill home 60 years later, after she passed.
“My mother had a somewhat photographic memory for faces and retained these in the event the customers who dr
Vintage gay
While collecting images and searching the web for more images of America&#;s LGBTQ past, I stumbled upon these images of what appears to be (maybe) our country&#;s first gay wedding captured on film. In the s, a photoshop in Philadelphia allegedly refused to return wedding photos because the owner of the shop deemed the wedding to be inappropriate. You can see all their happy photos here.
I dedicate this weekly send , featuring vintage gay photographs, to the men and women who lived in a more critical day where being true to yourself and loving who you want wasn’t always an option and came at a great price. Do you have a photo you would like to share? Email me at bosguymail@
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