Gay Wedding Data

Data Independently Compiled by the 14 Stories Gay Wedding Institute
  • 66% of same-sex weddings have two brides; 33% have two grooms
  • 42% of lesbian brides each wear a wedding gown; 46% of lesbian brides wear one dress and one suit; and 12% of lesbian brides wear two suits
  • 87% of same-sex couples pay for their own wedding
  • Only 62% of same-sex couples have a wedding party (attendants)
  • 98% of male couples and 91% of female couples get ready together before the wedding
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Data Compiled by Outside Sources
  • There have been about 40,000 legal gay marriages in the U.S. in the states where it is (or was) legal.
  • The median household income of gay and lesbian couples is $86,400 and they spent $70 billion on travel last year, according to the San Francisco-based market research firm Community Marketing Inc.
  • Nationwide, gay and lesbian buying power has been estimated at $690 billion and is expected to reach as much as $835 billion in 2011, according to a Witeck-Combs/Packaged Facts survey from 2007.
  • In June 2006 Forbes estimated that gay marriages can potentially boost the overall wedding industry by $9.5 billion per year.
  • $111 million was spent on LGBT weddings in Massachusetts in the five years they have been legal, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. (Six years have now passed)