We are always thrilled when other wedding professionals are willing to be a guest blogger for a day. I would like to introduce you to Bernadette Coveney Smith, who is a wedding planner that specializes in same sex weddings, which are legal in the state of Connecticut. You might remember when we featured a wedding from Heidi and Anna not too long ago. We just love when people are in love!
I have the coolest job – I’m a gay wedding planner. I’ve been doing this in Massachusetts for six years, since it’s been legal here, and have worked with over 130 couples. Same sex weddings are different – they have this built in sense of jubilation and triumph. They have new traditions. They’re rare, they’re historic and they’re very powerful.
Image: Derek Goodwin
Since November 2008, same-sex marriage has been legal in Connecticut. It’s great news and means that Connecticut is only one of six places in the entire U.S. where gay couples can legally marry. It’s very cool – and lots of couples from neighboring New York are actually traveling to Connecticut to marry. That works out very well because New York state recognizes gay marriages performed in other states.
It worked out well for the first gay couple to be featured in Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. These New Yorkers, Jeremy and Andrew, had a beautiful wedding in Litchfield Hills, Connecticut. You can see the magazine feature here, but below is one of their beautiful pictures from Jag Studios.
Have you been to a same sex wedding? What was it like?
-Bernadette Coveney Smith




