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"There were tulle-wrapped columns, shiny bridal gowns on headless dress forms, and an abundance of tiny, intricately iced cakes. Couples dawdled, hand-in-hand, pausing to peer at hand-printed invitations or admire an eruption of baby’s breath and peach roses. Amidst it all, Naomi Nadea shimmied down the fashion show runway sporting a feathered headdress, a bejeweled bra, and an extremely small white thong."

 

"This being Toronto’s first large-scale gay wedding show (GWS), the audience politely applauded the statuesque St. Lucian drag queen’s gyrations, then turned its attention to models sporting the latest in Goth and Trans wedding fashions."
 

"[TV show host Deb] Pearce, who married last year without the benefit of a GWS, succinctly summed up why one is necessary. 'It is essential for gay- and queer-identified couples to go to an event where vendors don’t assume they are marrying a partner of a different.'"

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original source AV Club