Love Is Love: LGBTQ+ Inclusive Wedding Planning
At Heirloom Event Company, we believe something simple and powerful: every couple deserves to feel seen, celebrated, and safe on their wedding day.
Weddings aren’t about trends or traditions for the sake of tradition. They’re about love—real love—commitment, and choosing your person. We've had the honor of planning weddings for couples across all identities, orientations, cultures, and belief systems—including beautiful two-groom and two-bride weddings. Each one unique. Each one deeply meaningful. Each one an heirloom in the making.
A Planning Experience Where You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself
For LGBTQ+ couples, wedding planning often comes with an extra layer of decision-making:
Will this vendor respect us?
Will the officiant use inclusive language?
Will we have to explain ourselves again?
At Heirloom Event Company, we remove that weight. There is no judgment. You don’t have to wonder if you're welcome here. You don’t have to gauge our comfort level. You don’t have to educate us or explain your love.
It is not our place to ask how you live your life, who you love, or what your background is. It is our job to plan the best day celebrating YOU and the relationship you’ve created. We are happy to advocate for you, recommend vendors who celebrate your love, and help create a wedding day that feels safe, welcoming, and genuinely aligned with who you are as a couple.
Vetting Vendors and Venues (So You Don’t Have To)
After planning weddings across Northwest Arkansas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and destination locations, we’ve seen firsthand how vital it is to vet vendors before making introductions—especially for LGBTQ+ couples. Our team proactively confirms LGBTQ+ friendliness before making connections, avoids venues with discriminatory histories or policies, and steers you toward DJs, photographers, officiants, caterers, and florists who celebrate you.
Real LGBTQ+ Weddings We’ve Planned
Inclusion isn’t just something we say it’s something we do. These love stories represent just a few of the couples we've had the honor of planning with, and they reflect what happens when your wedding day is built around who you are.
With just six weeks to plan, Darcy and Regina knew exactly what they wanted: a day centered on connection. Not elaborate décor. Not a packed timeline. Just time, space, and presence with the people they love.
Their wedding at Osteria Via Stato in Chicago flowed effortlessly from ceremony to dinner, surrounded by candlelight, warmth, and a sense of ease. It didn’t feel like a production—it felt like a gathering of the heart. Every decision they made was grounded in meaning, and it was a joy to help guide them through it.
Read more about Darcy & Regina’s wedding here
From the very beginning, Karriem and Zack were clear about what mattered most: creating an experience that was emotionally grounded, design-forward, and unmistakably theirs. Their day was sleek, modern, and beautifully understated—but it never lost its heart.
Planning With Complexity—and Care
Not every LGBTQ+ couple is planning in a bubble of support. If you’re facing complex family dynamics, blending religious beliefs, or unsure how to word parts of your ceremony so it feels truly yours, know this: I’ve helped couples walk those roads before.
Sometimes that looks like reworking a traditional unity ritual so it feels authentic. Sometimes it’s drafting wording for invitations that reflects your relationship, not societal expectations. And sometimes, it’s simply creating a timeline where you don’t have to interact with unsupportive relatives if you don’t want to.
These conversations aren’t too much. They’re part of the planning. And we’re here for them.
Our Ongoing Commitment
At Heirloom Event Company, inclusion is not a marketing strategy—it’s a non-negotiable. It shows up in who we hire, who we partner with, the language we use, the imagery we share, and the kind of business we’re building. No disclaimers. No fine print. No exceptions.
We celebrate all love stories, fully and without hesitation.
Let’s Plan the Wedding You Actually Want
One that feels like you. One where you can breathe. One where you’re seen, celebrated, and supported every step of the way. This is what we do—and we’d be honored to do it with you.