100th Vendor on our Pro-Gay Vendor List!

Posted on November 14th, 2009 by Lara. 3 Comments

Lara
Bio: Chief Technology Officer of So You're EnGAYged

We just hit a huge milestone – our 100th vendor added to our pro-gay vendor list!

It takes a lot to become a vendor on our list. After applying, we visit their site and see if they use 100% gender-neutral language. We check out their online reviews (which they MUST have on a 3rd-party site!) to make sure they have above a 4-star review. In their application they indicate if they believe marriage is a civil right and what other ways they are LGBT-friendly.

Once a vendor is approved, we create their profile, indicating whether or not they’ve worked with same-sex weddings before, whether the business is LGBT-owned, and listing out all the ways you can find them on the web (review sites, Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, etc.). We want to make sure our vendor listings provide exactly what information YOU are looking for in your search!

By the end of this year, we will go through the entire list again to make sure that all of the vendors are not using heteronormative language, and that they have reviews on 3rd-party websites (we created this list before we had those requirements, so there may still be some vendors up who don’t meet them). But it’s our goal to make sure that we provide the most helpful, inclusive, and LGBT-friendly list of wedding vendors on the web!

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  1. Bernadette says:
    November 14, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    Congrats, girls! I’m very impressed by the thoroughness of your work! Thanks for offering this great resource for LGBT couples!

  2. Marcia says:
    August 26, 2011 at 10:31 am

    Good morning,

    My friend recommended your site to me and I love it!! I am not a wedding photographer but I am trying to become an LGBT Friendly child and family photographer. Do you know if there is a site like yours geared towards families where I could submit an application to become a recommended vendor?

    Thanks and again…love the site.

    Marcia

  3. Mia says:
    November 20, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    Thanks for posting the venues that you did, but why are you not posting more? I am finding it really challenging to find wedding venues in legal states with a reasonable price tag 50-80pp including alcohol. Did I mention the gay-friendly part. Your venue lists in legal states are very slim, just wondering why?

    Thanks,
    2 brides on a budget

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