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Underground caverns, vaults and a zoo prove popular with the ladies

MICEBTN archive stories issue 28
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
EXTENSIVE research by a gay weddings business has found that lesbians are marrying in increasing numbers in the UK under the country’s Civil Partnership laws — and it reveals these women are often highly imaginative when deciding where to marry, and where to celebrate afterwards.

The company — pogoplum — was established to provide services to lesbians and gay men entering the growing market for gay weddings and honeymoons.

Civil Partnerships became possible in the UK in December 2005. More than 15,500 gay and lesbian couples entered into such partnerships during the first nine months these marriages were allowed, an increasing number of lesbians now choose to get married to celebrate their unions.

According to the research, lesbians have proved to be decidedly inventive when deciding where to tie the knot.
From deep underground at Dudley Limestone Caverns, near Birmingham, to the world famous Blackpool Tower - lesbians seem to have reinvented the spectrum of places to get hitched.

One place proving popular with UK lesbians is Bristol Zoo, where the Garden Room near the lion’s enclosure has seen a rising number of lesbian same-sex wedding ceremonies.

And the Royal Society of Arts has even thrown open its subterranean catacombs known as ‘The Vaults’ for gay weddings — and lesbians have discovered the solemn peace and tranquillity that envelops them when they say ‘I do’ so far from the noise and distractions of city streets.

Co-founder of pogoplum, Christina Harrison-Flynn, says lesbians are embracing the planning stages of their weddings and honeymoons in ways that make them special and quite unique.

“Many of our lesbian clients have grown up not always feeling a part of the mainstream — so when it comes to celebrating their weddings and honeymoon they ask us to be fairly imaginative for them,” she said. “Of course, every couple wants their special day to be memorable, but many lesbians in the UK are showing that they really like to splash out with their ceremonies and honeymoons to make a totally individual statement. This new research reveals the spirit of adventure many lesbians have shown when they marry.”

The UK is home to an estimated 1.5 million lesbians, while six per cent of the country’s adult population is estimated to be gay or lesbian, according to the official Whitehall figure.

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Underground caverns, vaults and a zoo prove popular with the ladies

MICEBTN archive stories issue 28
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
EXTENSIVE research by a gay weddings business has found that lesbians are marrying in increasing numbers in the UK under the country’s Civil Partnership laws — and it reveals these women are often highly imaginative when deciding where to marry, and where to celebrate afterwards.

The company — pogoplum — was established to provide services to lesbians and gay men entering the growing market for gay weddings and honeymoons.

Civil Partnerships became possible in the UK in December 2005. More than 15,500 gay and lesbian couples entered into such partnerships during the first nine months these marriages were allowed, an increasing number of lesbians now choose to get married to celebrate their unions.

According to the research, lesbians have proved to be decidedly inventive when deciding where to tie the knot.
From deep underground at Dudley Limestone Caverns, near Birmingham, to the world famous Blackpool Tower - lesbians seem to have reinvented the spectrum of places to get hitched.

One place proving popular with UK lesbians is Bristol Zoo, where the Garden Room near the lion’s enclosure has seen a rising number of lesbian same-sex wedding ceremonies.

And the Royal Society of Arts has even thrown open its subterranean catacombs known as ‘The Vaults’ for gay weddings — and lesbians have discovered the solemn peace and tranquillity that envelops them when they say ‘I do’ so far from the noise and distractions of city streets.

Co-founder of pogoplum, Christina Harrison-Flynn, says lesbians are embracing the planning stages of their weddings and honeymoons in ways that make them special and quite unique.

“Many of our lesbian clients have grown up not always feeling a part of the mainstream — so when it comes to celebrating their weddings and honeymoon they ask us to be fairly imaginative for them,” she said. “Of course, every couple wants their special day to be memorable, but many lesbians in the UK are showing that they really like to splash out with their ceremonies and honeymoons to make a totally individual statement. This new research reveals the spirit of adventure many lesbians have shown when they marry.”

The UK is home to an estimated 1.5 million lesbians, while six per cent of the country’s adult population is estimated to be gay or lesbian, according to the official Whitehall figure.

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