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MRSTER ::{pronounced :: miss + ter} is an online magazine for same sex and hetero couples who are planning their wedding day. Yes, wedding day! Our goal is to provide smart ideas, valuable resources, allied vendors, real life experiences and true stories for couples of all backgrounds.

With our unique line up of contributors our posts will be filled with lots of personality and passion. So grab a blanket and your laptop and snuggle up to some blog-talk with Mrster.

Entries in Media (9)

Wednesday
Jul142010

Network Paving the Way for Same Sex Couples

NBC's 'Today' show produces their 'Modern Wedding Contest' every year, and annouced that they are including the applications to include same sex couples. This is awesome news!

Check out the link below from the San Francisco Chronicle.

 

Thanks Sara for sharing this article with me (and our MRSter readers!). If you are interested in applying click here for information on the contest and to read their rules.

Your Modern Union Wedding Planner,

Cicely

Cicely Rocha.Miller is the founder of MRSter.com and is the owner and senior consultant of an event and wedding planning company based in Phoenix, Arizona called Life Design Event Planning. She specializes in celebrations of all types including hetero- and gay weddings or commitment ceremonies

Tuesday
Jun152010

New Bumper Sticker for "The Movement"?

Guest Blogger :: Erika

I happen upon what I feel is "art" on a daily basis; the sky, people, buildings, movies, weather, the earth, children, music...you get the picture.

Speaking of picture, I happened upon some "art" while checking out this article:

Best American Spots for a Same-Sex Wedding

I was so impressed with this pic, I thought it important to share with my fellow Mrster peeps. Enjoy.

I'm hoping to find this on a bumper sticker...STAT!!

Guest Blogger, Erika Cárdenas, and her wife are sharing with us their journey of planning their same-sex wedding and what it's like to be married. Read more about them here

Wednesday
Nov252009

Will the Judge Allow Me My New Wife’s Last Name?

Guest Blogger :: Shannon Williams

After reading Maiden Names and Married Names, a post from Drew (a fellow Mrster.com blogger), I wanted to explore the process of changing my last name to Cárdenas. My fiancée, Erika, asked me to marry her, and I am honored to take her last name. I am confident that when we have children our family will feel a natural connection to each other, establish more recognition in this world that we are a traditional family, and are not choosing an “alternative life style” if we share a family name. I searched the county, state, and numerous “how to” sites and then came across this article, Gay Couple: Judge Barred Name Change . In it, a lesbian couple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania submit a petition to change the last name of their 5-year-old son to that of his mother's partner of three years. 

Picture Courtesy of My Fox Philly

Permission denied! Words from the “honorable” judge: “It wasn’t in the boy’s best interest.” And, “name changes should be granted based on good sense, common decency and fairness." 

Submitting my petition requires a response to “I request that the current name of Shannon Elizabeth Williams be changed to Shannon Elizabeth Cárdenas for the following reasons,” followed by three blank lines that beckon my justification. I wonder if the Arizona judge will feel my request depicts common sense, decency and fairness. It appears the legal system may feel conflicted in receiving genuine, truthful responses, but here is mine:

Because I deserve to have the last name of my wife who loves me, adores me, will respect me always, and wants to live the rest of this wonderfully chaotic life…with me.

The mother's partner in the above article sadly alleged, "If she (her partner) would have walked in there and not mentioned me at all, the name change probably would have been granted." 

Perhaps the AZ judge that reviews my petition will say "PERMISSION GRANTED." Or perhaps I too will be faced with the alternate, and have to make something up.

 

Guest Blogger, Shannon Williams and her fiancée are sharing with us their journey of planning their same-sex wedding. Read more about them here.

Tags :: Modern Wedding Traditions, Personal Perspective, Name Changes, Real Stories, Political Perspective, Media.

Tuesday
Nov242009

Girls In Tuxedos: Where Homophobia Begins

Guest Blogger :: Erika Cardenas

My fiancée Shannon was eager to share with me a recent conversation she had with her mother. Shannon and I have had different experiences as far as our sexuality is concerned; she doesn't consider herself lesbian, straight or bisexual. However, Shannon fell in love with and is marrying me; someone who struggled with the knowledge of being gay from a young age. Shan’s mom informed her of an “interesting” picture in Time magazine that lacked an article, but did have a caption near it about Ceara Sturgis.  She insisted we look it up. I went online to the New York Post and found a similar article about Ceara, a senior in high school who wore a tuxedo in her yearbook photograph.  

Picture courtesy of New York Post

The school district in Mississippi reports they will not print the picture because their rules require girls to wear drapes (dresses) and boys to wear tuxedos.  Shan claims her mom kept saying how “pretty” Ceara was as if looking more masculine would have been reason enough to dismiss the picture from the yearbook. As for me, friends and family continue to assume that because I wear cargo shorts and used to have a faux-hawk that I’m the “man” in our relationship. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that Shan loves my femininity, but this article brought back many feelings of discomfort, insecurity, anxiety and guilt from my early childhood struggles with identity. When you check out this article, think of how you would feel if boys wore pink and girls wore blue. Oh wait! They do.

But what if boys wore pink dresses and girls wore blue suits? 

Until next time, live well, love well, be well! ~E~

Guest Blogger, Erika Cardenas and her fiancée are sharing with us their journey of planning their same-sex wedding. Read more about them here.

Wednesday
Oct212009

Whoopie! Equal Newlywed Game

Guest Blogger :: Gina

Actor George Takei (Mr. Sulu from the original Star Trek series) will be a contestant on the Newlywed Game with his long-time partner (and new husband Brad Altman). This will be the first gay couple on the classic game show, which has been on-and-off the air since 1967. Check out the link here
 

Takei is hilarious (his turns on Howard Stern are always gems), so watching this episode will hopefully bring the Newlywed Game back to its old glory days of wit and candor. Congratulations, George and Brad!

 

Guest blogger Gina Niemiec is the owner of Fiori Floral Design in Scottsdale, Arizona.