At New York City Pride 2015

It took them a month to put this together, but here's a great recap of New York City Pride 2015.

Freedom To Marry: Celebrating Victory

Via press release:

Today, as it begins the promised campaign wind-down having achieved its goal of winning marriage nationwide, Freedom to Marry released a video celebrating the victory and featuring some of the many people, milestones, and hard work that paved the way. The video premiered at Freedom to Marry's Victory Celebration event last Thursday, July 9, where Vice President Joe Biden joined Wolfson and offered remarks that were a personal and powerful tribute to the Freedom to Marry campaign and the movement it spearheaded. Over 1,000 movement leaders and supporters attended, and the event included performances by Carly Rae Jepsen and Lena Hall. Freedom to Marry will be closing down many of its operations by September 30 and will shut its doors completely in the following months.

NEW YORK: Biden Celebrates At Freedom To Marry's "Going Out Of Business" Gala

Via the New York Daily News:

Vice President Joe Biden led a raucous reception for marriage equality Thursday night at Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan. The gala, celebrating the June 26 Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states, was thrown by Freedom to Marry, an advocacy group that has fought for same-sex marriage since 2003. “This has been a heroic battle,” Biden told the crowd of elected officials, community leaders, advocates and celebrities. A spokesman described the event as “the biggest celebratory event honoring the freedom to marry nationwide” and “a ‘going out of business’ party” for the organization.

Evan Wolfson, the founder of Freedom to Marry, worked for Biden in the 1970s when Biden was a senator. The vice president has long been a supporter of gay rights and attributed his stance on the issue to his father. Biden recalled a moment when he was 17 and he and his father saw two men kissing. “He said ‘Joey, they love each other. It’s simple,’” he said, quoting his father. “That’s what it’s been about from the beginning. It’s never been that complicated for me.” But Biden also cautioned that although same-sex couples are eligible for federal marriage benefits nationwide, 32 states don’t have anti-discrimination employment laws protecting sexual orientation.

Biden departed the stage to a thunderous ovation and then spent a few minutes shaking hands and posing for photos. (I couldn't get near him.) Musical entertainment followed with Hedwig Tony winner Lena Hall and pop star Carly Rae Jepson. It was quite the celebration but all were especially appreciative that Biden repeatedly stressed the work that still needs to be done. Related to that, I cornered Freedom To Marry leaders Evan Wolfson and Marc Solomon to ask what is next for them personally. Both said they didn't know, but I suspect we'll soon see them take roles in the still-forming battle for federal anti-discrimination protections.

RELATED: There was some buzz in the crowd that Biden might surprise us with a presidential announcement last night, but he made no mention of the 2016 election.

Freedom To Marry Celebrates

Lovely. Who's the vocalist?

Celebration In San Francisco

Celebration In New York City

White House Lights Up For Equality

UPDATE: The White House is LIVE STREAMING the lights.


#ObamaDropsTheMic

Big Business Celebrates Marriage

Hillary Celebrates Marriage Equality

FLOTUS Celebrates SCOTUS

President Obama Calls Jim Obergefell

From The White House Facebook Page

SCOTUS RULES FOR MARRIAGE!!!

IRELAND: Dublin Gay Bar Crowd Reacts

Clip recap:

The results of the public vote for the Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland, the first country in the world to approve gay marriage by popular national vote, and it was done with a massive 62% voting yes. The broadcaster, Vincent Brown couldn't even close his broadcast because of the noise of the place singing "Ole Ole". Sorry 'bout the camerawork being all over the place... It's hard to think about recording quality when you're in a moment like that!

Panti Bliss: I'm Drunk On Yes

"Yes. It's such a little word but today it feels so big. YES. Has one simple syllable ever meant so much before? Not to me anyway. I've never asked anyone to marry me, but today it feels like I asked a whole country to marry me and they said Yes. And I'm delighted. Ecstatic. I'm over the gay moon and drunk on Yes, and like any happy groom on his wedding morning, I'm truly, deeply, madly in love. I am in love with the whole country.

"Groups of men and women all across the country - students with shaved heads and grandmothers with headscarves, indefatigable activists and groggy-from-night-work taxi drivers - knocking on the doors of their fellow citizens in the pursuit of a simple and beautiful idea: the we are all equally deserving of respect.

"On Friday, Ireland agreed with that simple proposition. Forty years after those first brave men and women stood up and said, 'no more', the people of Ireland said Yes, and what must have seemed impossible all those years ago has been achieved: Ireland's LGBTI citizens are full and equal citizens under the law." - Panti Bliss, writing for the Sunday Independent.

Happy St. Panti's Day!

Wow. @PantiBliss arrives and the crowd chants Panti! Panti! Panti! #MarRef pic.twitter.com/IP7YISn0u3

— Ty Wesley Cobb (@tywesleycobb) May 23, 2015

@PantiBliss media scrum as she arrives at #dublincastle for #MarRef result. #Yes #YesEquality pic.twitter.com/oQhwPJ5Ayb

— Bobby (@bobbysands81) May 23, 2015

.@PantiBliss feeling the love #MarRef pic.twitter.com/DbhCa40XGN

— Conor Humphries.ie (@reutersConorH) May 23, 2015

Freedom To Marry Celebrates Alabama

Get a tissue, my tender kittens.

LIVE VIDEO: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Officiates Mass Wedding At City Hall

Unswayed by the lawsuit from Liberty Counsel and the Florida Family Policy Council, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will host a mass same-sex wedding at city hall at 9AM today. Watch the live stream below. The ceremony will take place not far from Liberty Counsel's home office. Snork!

UPDATE: Some crackpot tried to disrupt the ceremony by screaming anti-gay slogans from the audience. The speakers managed to largely ignore him. The full event is below.

Wedding Bells Ring Across Florida

Hundreds of couples are lined up across Florida at the county clerks' offices that have kindly opened their doors tonight. Weddings will continues until the wee hours of morning.

That Moment In The Miami Courthouse