Inclusive Wedding Planning for Your People and Your Celebration

Your names. Your people. Your celebration.

A wedding platform should not ask you to become a different kind of couple to use it. Shared Beginning gives you flexible names, pronouns and wedding conventions, alongside tools for your website, guests and planning.

Two brides, two grooms, a bride and a partner, no titles, or a multi-partner celebration: start with the people involved, not a compulsory bride-and-groom form.

Start planning your celebration.

Names and roles that belong to each person

Choose the words that fit individually. One person's wedding title should not decide another person's. Use traditional terms, neutral terms or your names alone. Share pronouns in the way that is right for you rather than treating personal information as a requirement for participation.

Build introductions around your relationships, including friends, chosen family and the people supporting your celebration.

Plan the wedding you are actually having

Your celebration might include several events, a small ceremony and a larger gathering, a brunch reception or a schedule without a formal first dance. Bring the practical details into your planning and explain the relevant information to your guests.

You do not need to call a meal a wedding breakfast, make every supporter an attendant or fit every family into the same photograph. Clear plans work better when the labels make sense to you.

Inclusion without a prescribed aesthetic

An inclusive wedding can be traditional, formal, colourful, minimalist or completely unconventional. Choose the design because you love it. Then add the names, words and information that make it yours.

Our invitation wording examples and wedding titles guide can help you start with the language before choosing the layout.

Useful support for less conventional plans

Find practical guidance for nonbinary weddings, chosen family, multicultural wedding websites and nontraditional timelines.

Multi-partner celebrations can be represented here too. Software that can represent your celebration does not determine legal marriage status or establish that a particular ceremony is lawful.

Questions about inclusive planning

Do we have to use bride or groom?

No. Shared Beginning provides flexible conventions so you can use the words that fit your celebration. Traditional labels remain an option rather than a requirement.

Do we have to make our identities the theme of the wedding?

No. Your website can focus on your celebration and practical information. Share personal stories and labels only when the people involved want to.

Can we include chosen family?

You can plan around the people important to you. Use names and roles that accurately describe those relationships, and get permission before publishing personal introductions.

Does supporting a multi-partner celebration make it a legal marriage?

No. Planning tools and legal recognition are separate matters. Get qualified advice for the relevant jurisdiction before arranging a multi-partner ceremony; a symbolic label is not itself a legal assurance.

Build something that fits

Start with your names and the celebration you want to share. Add the website, guest information and planning details as your plans develop.

Create your Shared Beginning celebration.