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Our Experience

As a company that embraces our amazing friends and clients in the LGBT community, we’ve been honored to be a part of many elegant same-sex weddings. As part of our evolving communication with engaged couples, we’ve invested the time into creating some forms which take into account the feedback they’ve given. We offer them here as a gift to the community, wedding planners, wedding venues, officiants, and other DJs. Feel free to use them and/or change them to suit your company or your clients.

So What Has Changed?

Language. We’ve asked our same-sex couples how they’d like to be formally presented to their family and friends, and the response has been “newlyweds”.

Formalities/Activities. Most of our same-sex couples aren’t interested in activities like the garter removal and bouquet toss, so we’ve changed those sections of our document so that they can write in these kinds of activities if they would like them.

Besties. Traditionally, most of our grooms have had a best man, and most of our brides have had a maid or matron of honor. However, one of the greatest toasts I’ve heard in my 24 years as a DJ was by the female best friend of one of the grooms at a recent wedding. This client asked for her to be presented as his “Best Person”.

Special Dances. The father/daughter and mother/son dances still play a very important role in paying homage to loving relationships with our clients’ parents. Recently, we’ve hosted some partners who have chosen formal dances with special people other than the opposite sex parent. Our planning tools now reflect those wishes.

How can we help?

More work is still needed to address same-sex couples with the level of dignity and respect they deserve on the most important day of their lives. NYX Entertainment & Events is working toward that goal and if these documents can assist you, it is our honor to present them. We’re open to your feedback on how they can be improved, and what other considerations we can make to produce for all of our couples their #BestDayEver.

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