As we kick off Pride Month, we are reminded of the important breakthroughs that have taken place in marriage equality over the last nine years, starting with the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2015 that legalized gay weddings. Now more than 34 countries around the world have recognized the right for all adults to marry the people they love. As a global society, there is still much work to do but with same-sex marriages now becoming mainstream in the free world, World’s Best Wedding Photos delights in seeing photographers’ portfolios increasingly become more inclusive. In honor of Pride Month, here are some of our favorite LGBTQIA wedding images that convey the unique bond and unconditional love between non-straight couples.

In addition to June being Pride Month, it’s also the start of the summer wedding season, with a myriad of photo ops available—think gorgeous sunsets, silhouetted faces, mountaintop elopements and more—all great ways to convey emotion and tell the story of a couple’s love. From two brides smashing the glasses at their Jewish wedding to two just-married grooms reveling in their glorious confetti exit, we are celebrating couples who walk proudly in expressing who they are and the brilliant photographers who capture them. 

To every couple out there, Cheers, Mazel Tov and Happy Pride Month! Scroll down to see a dozen heartwarming photos and read one of our favorite love poems of all time, Sonnet XVII from Pablo Neruda.

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”

Sonnet XVII - Pablo Neruda

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