It started with an idea before it was legal
It started with an idea before it was legal
TO honor commitment and relationship,
while taking a stand for equal rights
with An Interfaith Wedding Ceremony
with An Interfaith Wedding Ceremony
inviting all gay and non-gay couples,
to unite for the freedom to marry
Celebrating Love
Celebrating Love
Growing stronger
Growing stronger
Year after year,
Year after year,
After year
After year
The Wedding Party
From 2000 - 2005, The Wedding Party pioneered initiatives that opened hearts and minds to the inequity of gay people. Focusing on gay marriage rights, we united hundreds of gay and non gay couples. We raised awareness and consciousness, as we and provided hope and inspiration to all.
Our message of diversity, equity and inclusion, gained national and international coverage by bringing the faces of equal marriage rights into America's living rooms. And the rest, is his & herstory.
June 24, 2001
June 30, 2002
June 29, 2003
June 27, 2004
We Did it
We Did it
LOVE TRANSFORMED LAW
LOVE TRANSFORMED LAW
Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations everyone!
We won the right to marry.
Thank you all for showing the world
that our lives and love matter.
But the battle is not over.
There are narrow minded people and politicians
who want to control our lives and revoke
the rights we worked so hard to win.
Please support those that support human rights
and put an to discrimination for good.
All human beings deserve equity and inclusion.
Founder and Executive Director
Renee Rotkopf (2000 - 2005)
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Anthony M. Brown (2005 - 2015)
Co-Founders & Executive Producers
Susan Burdian, Karen Gracianette, Penny Goodwill, Alan Hyman, Jason Kadlec, Karen Leeds, Francene Markman, Gabriella Messina, Regina McFadden, Connie Ress, Gary Spino, Anita Visser
Honorary Host Committee
Steve Bartelstein, John Bartlett, John Blair & Beto Sutter, Betty Buckley, Mario Cantone, Alan Cumming, Edie, Harvey Fierstein, Sharon Gless, Ari Gold, Judy Gold, Valerie Harper, Cherry Jones, Carson Kressley, Mary-Louise Parker, Billy Porter, Anthony Rapp, Susan Sarandon, Gloria Steinem, Andrew Sullivan, Lily Tomlin, Jason West, Marianne Williamson
Host Committee
Alan Roskoff, Andy Humm, Ann Northrop, Evan Wolfson, Mark Green, Ruth Berman & Connie Kurtz, Heritage of Pride, Shescape, Marriage Equality, Metropolitan Community Church New York, Gay Gotham Chorus, Rev. Pat Bumgardner, Rev. Rob Williams, Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Rev. Michael Ingersoll, Lavender Light Choir, The LGBT Community Center, Lambda Legal, PFLAG
Special Thanks
Chip Hossfeld, Sam Maxwell, Rommel Pecson, Sam Servello, Marian Van Hees