Tag Archives: celebration

Panti Bliss: I’m Drunk On Yes

“Yes. It’s such a little word but today it feels so big. YES. Has one simple syllable ever meant so much before? Not to me anyway. I’ve never asked anyone to marry me, but today it feels like I asked a whole country to marry me and they said Yes. And I’m delighted. Ecstatic. I’m over the gay moon and …

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Happy St. Panti’s Day!

Wow. @PantiBliss arrives and the crowd chants Panti! Panti! Panti! #MarRef pic.twitter.com/IP7YISn0u3 — Ty Wesley Cobb (@tywesleycobb) May 23, 2015 @PantiBliss media scrum as she arrives at #dublincastle for #MarRef result. #Yes #YesEquality pic.twitter.com/oQhwPJ5Ayb — Bobby (@bobbysands81) May 23, 2015 .@PantiBliss feeling the love #MarRef pic.twitter.com/DbhCa40XGN— Conor Humphries.ie (@reutersConorH) May 23, 2015

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Freedom To Marry Celebrates Alabama

Get a tissue, my tender kittens.

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LIVE VIDEO: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Officiates Mass Wedding At City Hall

Unswayed by the lawsuit from Liberty Counsel and the Florida Family Policy Council, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will host a mass same-sex wedding at city hall at 9AM today. Watch the live stream below. The ceremony will take place not far from Liberty Counsel’s home office. Snork! UPDATE: Some crackpot tried to disrupt the ceremony by screaming anti-gay slogans from …

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Wedding Bells Ring Across Florida

Hundreds of couples are lined up across Florida at the county clerks’ offices that have kindly opened their doors tonight. Weddings will continues until the wee hours of morning.

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That Moment In The Miami Courthouse

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Celebrations In Idaho

Via JMG reader Javier, here’s a nice palate cleanser to the Idaho douchebaggery in the post below this one.

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TONIGHT: Celebration In Dallas

GetEqual invites LGBT Texans and allies to gather tonight at the Legacy Of Love Monument in Dallas at 5:30PM local time for a celebration of today’s marriage equality ruling. Other cities may announce celebrations too, so watch this space.  Photo source.

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Party Tonight At Chicago’s Sidetrack

Via press release: A community celebration of the freedom to marry will begin tonight, Tuesday, Nov. 5 in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. Media outlets are invited to cover festivities at Sidetrack, 3349 N. Halsted St., Chicago. The party lasts through the evening, but between 8 and 9 pm, we hope to have leading supporters of the marriage equality bill stop by …

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Saturday In Jersey City

From the Newark Star-Ledger: Wrapping up a historical week for same-sex couples in New Jersey, Jersey City’s Pint Bar will be hosting a “Big Gay Wedding Reception” on Saturday at 5 p.m. Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop conducted eight marriages at 12:01 a.m. and other couples have been married across the county Monday, the first day that same-sex couples could …

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A New Jersey Love Story

Celebration from Lambda Legal.

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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Lifts Prop 8 Stay, Gay Marriage Returns To California!!!

The Los Angeles Times reports: The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday cleared the way for gay marriages to resume in California. The court lifted its stay on an injunction which ordered state officials to stop enforcing Proposition 8. With the court’s action, counties can now begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. A spokesman for the U.S. 9th Circuit …

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San Francisco Says Goodbye To Prop 8

From JMG reader Sean Chapin in San Francisco. Bring on the happy dancing bears! Play loud!

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Off To The Stonewall Celebration…

This will conclude my postings for the afternoon as I’m headed downtown to be with my happy, happy people.  I’ll have lots of photos for you later this evening. Have a great time tonight, everybody. You’ve all earned it.

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NEW YORKERS: Join The Celebration Outside Stonewall At 5:30PM Today

Today’s celebration outside the historic Stonewall Inn begins at 5:30PM.  Expect a huge crowd and prepare to be fabulous.  DOMA champion Edith Windsor will be there! I hope to see a great JMG turnout!

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Celebration In The MN Capitol Rotunda

Via Minnesota Public Radio.

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Love Wins In Washington State

JMG reader Matthew sends us this great clip of Gov. Christine Gregoire’s speech overlaid with a street celebration as marriage passed in Washington state. Two weeks later and I still can’t get enough of these images.

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The Castro Celebrates

Photo by Steve Heist.

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Celebration In DC

Filmed on DC’s homo-heavy U Street.

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TONIGHT: Massachusetts Democrats Rally To Thank Late Senator Ted Kennedy

The Wall Street Journal reports: The Massachusetts Democratic Party has invited supporters to gather at 8 tonight at the historic Boston Common to say, “Thank you, Teddy and celebrate today’s Supreme Court ruling!” “Teddy,” of course, refers to the late Edward Kennedy, a longtime Democratic Massachusetts senator who called providing health care for all, the nation’s great “unfinished business.” “Today, …

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