LGBT Wedding Spending Nearly Doubled Since Equality Ruling

A new study on LGBTQ weddings, released earlier this month from The Knot, finds that spending on weddings has almost doubled since last year’s historic Supreme Court ruling. Popular wedding website The Knot shared the its fourth annual LGBTQ wedding study and it’s filled with all kinds of fascinating facts on how our community gets married in 2016. For starters, The Knot found, “Men spend an average of $33,822 on their weddings, compared with $25,334 for women. Prior to legalization, the average cost was $18,242 for male couples and $16,218 for females in 2015.” Also, when it comes to traditional weddings LGBTQ are surprisingly in favor of keeping it old school. “One-third of LGBTQ couples report deciding which wedding traditions to uphold was ‘challenging'”, The Knot says. “But 65 percent of men and 70 percent of women say their wedding will fall under the ‘traditional’ category.” Lastly, the study found that couples preferred to get married in the fall over the spring or summer. “September and October are the most popular months to get married for men, while a combined 32 percent of women prefer August or October,” according to the Knot. The study also found nearly half LGBTQ couples consider their wedding a destination affair.

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