Gay Weddings are Good for Business

Research, data, advice and tips on the business of same-sex weddings from Bernadette Coveney Smith, the nation's leading gay wedding expert. In 2004, Bernadette opened 14 Stories, the first company in the U.S. to specialize in planning legal same-sex weddings.

The Gay Grooms

Bernadette Coveney Smith - Monday, May 10, 2010
Did you know that 2/3 of same-sex couples who marry are a partnership of two women and 1/3 are in a partnership of two men?  

I discovered that in my analysis of around 200 same-sex couples.  This jives with the vital statistics provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health over five years of legal gay marriage.

So where are the gay grooms?  I've talked to my clients and have some of my own theories.  Boys aren't raised with the idea of being a princess in a wedding dress some day (though some come up with that idea on their own...).  Guys are also less likely to need the validation that a wedding provides.  

By the way, Preston Bailey is engaged to his partner Theo Blackman and recently blogged about his own plans.  

So what do you think - why so few gay grooms?





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