Wedding Equality

Steven Hillion and Jordan Tircuit, June 12

County, California

Cynthia Nixon, star of Sex and the City, announced in 2009 her engagement with longtime partner Christine Marinoni. The pair has never announced a date. 

Holly and Christa, July 2009

Maui, Hawaii

Jamison and Heidi Green, October 2003

Jamison is a transgender man. 

Jackie and Terry, 1996

Iowa

Zach Wahls, 19, the son of Jackie and Terry, recently made a viral video splash with his eloquent testimony before the Iowa House of Representatives in defense of marriage equality. He later appeared on television together with his mothers and his sister. This picture features him at his mothers’ commitment ceremony in 1996. They later legally married in 2009 when Iowa extended the freedom to marry. At their second ceremony, Zach served as his moms’ best man.

Chris Herbert and Tim Long, 2010

Bedford, New York

The couple pose with Chris’ Aunt Martha. The couple was legally married in Massachusetts and then had their wedding ceremony with family and friends at Martha Stewart’s Bedford home. Read more about them here. 

Ken and Michael

Iowa

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Jen and Rose

Chicago, Illinois

The couple was legally married in Iowa, but had their wedding in Chicago. As of June 1 of this year, their Iowa marriage will be recognized as a civil union in Illinois. Thanks to Gov. Pat Quinn for signing the civil unions bill today!

Sinjoyla Townsend and Angelisa Young, March 9, 2010

Washington, D.C.

Townsend and Young were the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license after it became legal in the nation’s capital. See video of the ceremony here. Their wedding took place at the national office of the Human Rights Campaign. 

Bob Davis and Henry Schalizki, June 2010

Washington, D.C.

Both men were 89 at the time of their wedding and had been together for 64 years. 

Alexandra Einerstam and Åsa Andersson, May 1, 2009

Stockholm, Sweden

The couple was among the first same-sex couples to marry after Sweden legalized marriage equality.