Thursday, April 10, 2003

CASE CLOSED: Why hasn't the New York Times published a wedding announcement for a same-sex couple since January 19, 2003?

Because there haven't been any to publish.

After rambling about it online, I decided to just go to the source. I emailed the Times yesterday to just ask them directly (but politely, I hope) what had been going on. Their prompt response, reprinted with permission:
Dear Mr. Bonin:

You are correct in that we have not run any same sex announcements since the middle of January. We are in the business of running them, however, we haven't had any submissions in a good while. Business is starting to pick-up, however, we expect to be running some either late April, certainly have some for May, and we hope thereafter. The long and the short of it is, we can't run them unless couples submit them.

Best,

Society News Dept.

There you have it. The door remains open; couples just have to choose to walk through it.

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