This is a lovely way to have your friends participate in your ceremony. As with music, you can have complete freedom over your choice of readings in our ceremonies. Religious readings (i.e. Psalms), spiritual readings (i.e. Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet) or Children’s stories ((Dr. Suess) and song lyrics are all possible and appropriate - it’s really up to you!

 

Finding suitable readings can be difficult - most love and marriage poetry is clearly gendered and often feels unsuitable.

 

 

You may also want to get a  copy of:

Love Speaks its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems by J.D. McClatchy Published by Everyman’s Library, 2001

 

My Lover is a Woman: Contemporary Lesbian Love Poems by Leslea Newman (Ed) Published by Ballantine, 2003

 

Poems and Readings for Weddings by Julia Watson (Ed). Published by Penguin Books, 2004