About Us
Our History
Gay marriage has arrived and we are the experts.
When same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachusetts in November 2003,
Bernadette Coveney Smith had a vision to help gay and lesbian
couples create beautiful and meaningful weddings. She launched It's About Time in early 2004 as the
first and only firm in the nation specializing in
planning legal same-sex weddings. Bernadette changed the name of the
company to 14 Stories in September 2009. 14 Stories continues to be a national thought leader and researcher on gay and lesbian weddings.
Our Expert
Bernadette Coveney Smith is founder and president of
14 Stories and the nation’s leading same-sex wedding expert. An experienced facilitator known for her candid, practical approach, Bernadette envisioned six years ago starting a wedding planning company for engaged same-sex couples looking to navigate the traditional and heterosexist wedding industry. Since then, she has planned events for LGBT clients in all of Boston’s top hotels and has a unique insider perspective on reaching this market. Bernadette is the author of “Weddings Redefined,” a internationally read blog featuring stories from six years of wedding planning. She and her team have produced hundreds of gay and lesbian weddings since 2004, working with couples from 27 U.S. states. Bernadette is author of the upcoming books
Gay Wedding Confidential: Adventures and Advice from America's #1 Gay Wedding Planner and
The Business of Gay Weddings: A Guide for Wedding Professionals. Bernadette holds a BS from Boston University and an MBA from New York Institute of Technology. Her expertise has been sought after by the
New York Times, the
Washington Post,
Boston Weddings magazine,
CNN,
Travel and Leisure, among others.
