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New York City: Same-Sex Marriage - NYC

Celebrating Marriage Equality: A look at the first day of Same Sex Marriage in New York City.  

Taken on Sunday July 24th, 2011 at the City Clerk's Office in Manhattan. New York became the sixth – and largest – state to legally allow marriage between couples of the same sex. 

  • USA. New York. 2011 A couple embraces outside the City Clerk's Office in Manhattan before their wedding ceremony.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Families and friends gather to help celebrate the weddings.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • These happy wedding belles were among the 823 same-sex couples who signed up to be married throughout New York on Sunday.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Social worker & Brooklyn rock band member Meredith Soffrin, and Documentary Film Producer Tiffany Peckosh on their wedding day. The couple, who met through mutual friends, has been together for four years and got engaged last May over lunch at their favorite local taco shop. BBC America spent the day with Tiffany and Meredith on July 24, to produce a mini-documentary that follows the couple on this memorable and historic day.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • The renovated Manhattan Marriage Bureau offers a space for couples to be photographed by friends and family.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • New Yorkers Stephen Dimmick and Jonathan South embrace minutes before being called for their wedding ceremony.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Tiffany Peckosh takes a moment to speak to BBC America, who spent the day with her and her fiance Meredith Soffrin on July 24. BBC produced a mini-documentary that follows the couple on this memorable and historic day.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Left: Several dozen judges across the state volunteered to play an official role in the new law’s first day.Right: State law generally requires couples to wait 24 hours after receiving a license before they can be married. On Sunday, couples were able to hold their marriage ceremonies immediately—skipping the 24-hour waiting period—by asking a New York State judge to grant a Judicial waiver of the 24-hour requirement.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Rhonda Otten and Debra Curtis, PhD shared their wedding day with their family.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Left: Adam McKew, 30, Surgical Technician, and Dave Lewis,  38, Celebrity Concierge, wear kilts in celebration of their wedding day, which coincides with their seven-year anniversary.Right: Julie Kastenbaum, 27 and Nicole Maletta, 25, both psychology students, came from Connecticut in order to married in New York on the 24th.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Peter Meyer and Darren Katz with their daughter inside Manhattan's City Clerk's Office before their service.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Marc and Paul Sibley-Schreiber, with their dog Butch.{quote}This is the way of expressing our love,{quote} said Paul N. Sibley-Schreiber, a 49-year-old rehabilitation counselor in New York. After 20 years together, he and his partner, Mark M. Sibley-Schreiber, 48, a software engineer, are to be wed in a religious ceremony on Sunday at Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, a gay and lesbian synagogue in Manhattan. {quote}We want it defined under God,{quote} Paul Sibley-Schreiber said. {quote}Besides, we're tired of living in sin.{quote} (from NY Times)Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Felix Ramirez, 45 and Pedro Vargas, 42 are photographed for a magazine feature on the day of their wedding. The couple, who live in the Bronx, have been together for 24 years.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Left: A couple shares a private moment beside the gift shop which sells flower arrangements, costume weddings bands, New York City memorabilia, and little rubber duckies decked out for the day.Right: A judge waits for an opening of one of the rooms serving as Wedding Chapels. City officials reported that 365 marriage licenses were issued in Manhattan, home of the busiest and largest marriage bureau.Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • A double wedding: Architect Michael Bonomo and HR Director Eric Bacolas on their wedding day along with Eric's sister Elise Bacolas and her fiance Jenna Glazer.“It’s different. This is real. This is marriage,” said Jenna, a Long Island native and director of development for a nonprofit for young women facing breast cancer. “This is what all gay couples deserve. This is like the happiest place in New York City today.”Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Robyn Selman and Karin Cook celebrate their marriage with their daughter, June Cook-Selman (front) and her friend Leyla Kramarsky-Bergman along with their bridesmaids. Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Photo by Erica McDonaldSame-Sex Marriage in New York CitySunday, July 24, 2011
  • Feature on Same Sex Marriage in New York City for the French Women's Magazine BE. Taken on Sunday July24th, 2011 at the City Clerk's Office in Manhattan. Magazine Be Hachette Filipacchi Asssociés - Gay MarriagePhotos by Erica McDonald
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