OK so recently I’ve been getting questions about where people can find custom handmade wedding invitations for gay couples. You’ve got 3 options:

1. a local printing company

2. an online vendor

3. Do it Yourself.

My wife and I chose to make our invitations ourselves. We chose the DIY route for several reasons: 1.Availability - there weren’t many people around making gay friendly invitations 2.Cost - the companies doing it were very expensive 3.The look - The feeling we were going for was French old New Orleans and that’s not so common. Although we created beautiful invitations for ourselves, they was ALOT of work involved. One thing we did was to look at wording and design of the online guys. If you are wanting to have them printed I’d suggest that you find a local printer or take a look at this site, Outvite, they offer custom handmade wedding invitations.

This is an interesting site I came across. ICCR The International Commitment Ceremonies Registry (ICCR) offers several services but the vows directory seems like it would be really helpful to couples planning their wedding. Check out the vows for your commitment ceremony certificate link on the vows directory page.

GLAAD.org, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation, has been collecting and constantly updating a list of newspapers that have indicated that they have run same-sex union announcements — or that they would be willing to do so if asked by a local resident. Sorted by state, the list can also be downloaded in PDF format that includes circulation fugures.

I have to admit, I wish I had known about this when we got married. I had no idea that the Times-Picayune in New Orleans would have accepted our announcement. I was also happily surprised to learn that there were some small town Louisiana newspapers with progressive and accepting policies.