SWAYing ‘I Do’
By KJ Philp, August 2016 Issue. It wasn’t long ago that SWAY Events was throwing the Valley’s poshest parties and the swankiest soirees. Those days might be over, but [...]
Weddings
Much Ado About “I Do”
By Anthony Costello, August 2015 Issue. The day so many same-sex couples have waited for and worked toward is finally here: same-sex marriage is now just marriage – a [...]
I (Finally) Do
By KJ Philp, August 2015 Issue. This love story starts in the late ‘90s in El Paso, Texas, where two students of Magoffin Middle School lived about a mile from each [...]
Love Wins!
By KJ Philp, August 2015 Issue. Most relationships begin with a series of dates, and, in some respects, this relationship is no different. The first date – no, not dinner [...]
Walk Down the Aisle – Pride Style
By Desi Rubio, April 9, 2015. For 35 years, the LGBT community has gathered, marched, rallied, paraded and celebrated under the Pride moniker. This year, for the first time [...]
The Two-Player Experience
By Hana Khalyleh – Feb. 26, 2015 Phoenix Gaymers co-chair Shane Blissett said his favorite games are generally from the fighting genre and high action titles like the [...]
Attracting the Perfect Opposite
By Art Martori, Feb, 12, 2015. Photo courtesy of Aaron Marner and Jabowa Whitehead. About this time last year, a man walked into a bar. His agenda didn’t include much [...]
Military Matrimony
By Laura Latzko, Jan. 1, 2015. One local couple’s wedding ceremony made history at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix Dec. 13. After 27 years together, [...]
Marriage 2014: Toward a More Perfect Union
By Liz Massey, Dec. 18, 2014. For states still without full marriage equality, here’s where things stand as of early December 2014. Alabama Four separate lawsuits [...]
Gay Marriage in 2014
By Liz Massey – Dec. 18, 2014 There’s no doubt about it – capitalizing on the gains from the favorable U.S. Supreme Court rulings in June 2013, backers of marriage [...]
Kenyata White and Crystal Allen
Kenyata White and Crystal Allen will be married on Dec. 21, 2014, at Encanto Park. The couple reached national news recently when rejected by a wedding planner a month [...]
Proposition Love
By Megan Wadding, Dec. 4, 2014. Sam Street (left) and Jonathan Tack.Photo courtesy of propositionlove.com. Proposition Love, a fine jewelry company that specializes in [...]
Big Day Business
By Anthony Costello, Dec. 4, 2014. Gone are the days of same-sex couples whisking away to another state to elope, only to return home with a legally insignificant piece of [...]
A Faith-Fueled Fight
By Liz Massey, Nov. 20, 2014. Joe Connolly and Terry Pochert are a Valley couple whose legal 2008 California marriage formed the cornerstone for one of the two cases that [...]
Divorce Equality
By Megan Wadding, Nov. 20, 2014. Carlos Inostroza. Courtesy photo. When Arizona’s anti-same-sex marriage amendment was ruled unconstitutional, not only did same-sex [...]
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