Kathryn Hamm
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Gay and lesbian wedding innovator, Kathryn Hamm, is the President of GayWeddings.com, the leading online boutique and resource dedicated to serving same-sex couples since 1999. Since its founding, GayWeddings.com has supported thousands of same-sex couples and LGBT-friendly vendors, and Kathryn has shared her expert perspective with media outlets, such as the New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN, ABC News, USA Today, The Daily Beast, and The Los Angeles Times. As an interactive planning resource, GayWeddings.com offers a community forum, free planning articles and “Wed Pages” for couples, and offers the most comprehensive wedding vendor directory available to same-sex couples, featuring more than 35,000 gay-friendly wedding pros.

Kathryn writes and speaks about why same sex weddings are meaningful and why marriage matters; she consults with engaged couples (gay and straight alike) with her special brand of wedding counseling; she has led workshops for couples and/or wedding vendors across the U.S.; she has managed day-to-day operations and the strategic vision for GayWeddings.com since 2005.; and, with the help of her business partner -- straight mother and company founder -- Gretchen Hamm, Kathryn has developed a ground-breaking and unique wedding boutique for gay and lesbian couples, including personalized gifts, cake tops, invitations, albums, rings, guestbooks, favors, gifts, certificates and more.

Kathryn holds an M.S.W from the Catholic University of America and an A.B. in Psychology from Princeton University. Prior to becoming the President of GayWeddings.com, Kathryn spent 10 years as an educator and school administrator in the Washington, D.C. area. Though she and her partner exchanged vows in a memorable ceremony on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1999, they are not yet legally married.

Blog Entries by Kathryn Hamm

An Open Letter To President Obama

(422) Comments | Posted May 10, 2012 | 12:59 PM

Mr. President,

My toddler son met you in Iowa in 2007 at Tom Harkin's Annual Steak Fry. You were greeting the crowd at the fence and came over to say hello to my family. You asked me and my partner, knowingly, if we were his parents and we said yes....

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(Still) The Essential Guide To Same-Sex Weddings

(0) Comments | Posted April 3, 2012 | 1:36 PM

In 1995, my partner and I had begun to talk more seriously about having a commitment ceremony. We didn't yet know what that would look like or how we would ever pull it off, but we had begun to embrace the idea that we would exchange vows in front of...

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Which Finger For My Gay Wedding Ring?

(4) Comments | Posted January 30, 2012 | 10:06 AM

It's a question we used to hear from our clients frequently: My partner and I are going to get married and we aren't sure which fingers we should put our rings on. What do you recommend?

Most succinctly put, we recommended then as we do now: do what feels right...

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Gay & Lesbian Weddings: It's Not The Market You Think It Is

(22) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 12:21 PM

Have you ever noticed that, any time a state legalizes same-sex marriage, numerous articles are published, featuring testimonials that there will be a huge gold rush and money falling from the skies as same-sex couples rush to the altar, Chuppah or City Hall to tie the knot or jump the...

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Wedding Style Advice from 'Project Runway' All-Star Mila Hermanovski

(0) Comments | Posted January 17, 2012 | 11:35 AM

When my partner and I announced our engagement and began telling friends and family that we were getting married, one of the most frequent questions we got was: What are you going to wear?

Seriously?!? What we were going to wear?

It was 1999 and I was more preoccupied with...

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It All Starts With A Kiss

(0) Comments | Posted January 9, 2012 | 1:49 AM

In some ways, it seems like a really small thing. It was just a kiss. A G-rated kiss. The kind of kiss that most folks wouldn't pay much attention to if they walked past the embrace on a city block.

But this was no ordinary kiss.

For the first...

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What Straight Brides Can Learn From Gay And Lesbian Weddings

(3) Comments | Posted December 24, 2011 | 4:34 AM

Gay and lesbian couples have the luxury of designing their wedding ceremonies as a reflection of their own relationships. It's not just about following religious, legal, social and/or family traditions. Same-sex couples, after all, are not bound by hundreds of years of marriage ritual as defined by the countless gays...

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