A multiplatform storytelling project empowering the future through the stories of LGBTQ+ heroes.
The cherished freedom to marry, once unthinkable, is under attack. With a new administration set to take office in less than eight weeks—aligned with Project 2025 and a Supreme Court poised to roll back our freedom to marry and the dignity that come with that right–
We can’t afford sit back and lose the hard-won progress and protections.
The JustMarried Project celebrates the brave individuals whose love and courage changed the world. They made our world a better place, all in the face of adversity. These stories are not only a tribute to our history but a roadmap for resistance—a powerful tool to inspire and protect our community for generations to come.
Why Your Support Matters
The forces determined to dismantle equality thrive on erasure and invisibility. The JustMarried Project fights back by staying defiantly visible through storytelling, education, and action. Together, we can:
Inspire the Next Generation: These stories provide hope, resilience, and actionable lessons for those who continue the fight for equality.
Build a Nationwide Presence: By sending books to libraries, hosting events, and sharing these stories, we’ll ensure every corner of the country is touched by the power of love and dignity.
Push Back Against Injustice: Justices like Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have already signaled their intent to revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the court case that won national marriage equality. Our stories are the antidote to discrimination.
With a new administration poised to strip away our vital family rights and protections, complacency is not an option. To quote Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, whose landmark Supreme Court case restored marriage equality to California in 2013:
What We’re Building Together
A Book That Inspires Action
LOVE: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality is a stunning coffee-table book launching in 2025 with Rizzoli Books. It captures the triumphs and struggles of couples and activists who transformed marriage equality into reality and each true story embodies the long fight for social inclusion, dignity and 1138 rights & protections granted to citizens with federal marriage rights.
Serialized Podcast
In Spring 2025, we’ll launch deeply personal and moving episodes that bring these stories to life.
Aspirations Program
For every $55, we’ll send a book to an underserved area or library, ensuring these vital histories reach those who need them most. For $75, send a book and help us promote these vital stories.
Docuseries in Development
Our 8-part series will amplify these stories on screen, showcasing the love and courage that shaped history.
Donate Now: Every contribution counts. $5, $25, $55, or $100 will help us reach our goals.
The Beauty of the Collection: The love stories. An unparalleled, seven decades of LGBTQ+ history, from a community that has not only been denied its history, but also, its heroes.
The Magic: Witnessing these brave individuals come out for love, to protect their relationships and gain the long sought after dignity that comes with true, equal, citizenship.
Our Funding Goals:
Our goal is to get these stories out to as many people across the nation as possible.
We aim to ultimately raise $250,000:
$10,000 to Promote the Book
$96,000 to fund our Aspirations Program making books available to underserved areas and libraries across the nation.
$12,000 to produce and promote each New Episode of our Serialized Podcast, ensuring the stories reach thousands of listeners.
If we raise more we can:
Accelerate production of our docuseries to bring these stories to a global audience.
Personal Note from the Founder
The JustMarried Project was born from my own heartbreak. When my fiancée died in a car accident, I was denied the dignity of being recognized as her partner because we lacked legal marriage rights. No one in our community should endure such pain and erasure. This project is my promise to ensure no one else has to fight alone.
How You Can Help
Donate Now: Be a part of this movement. Every dollar helps.
Spread the Word: Share this campaign with your friends, family, and networks.
Engage Locally: Send books to your library, host events, and start conversations in your community.
Stay Visible: Post your wedding pictures, engagement stories, or a simple message of love on social media with #JustMarriedUs
FIND US:
www.JustMarried.Us
STAY ENGAGED:
Please join us letting the world we won’t go back. The stakes have literally never been higher. Our rights are not guaranteed—they are maintained through visibility, action, and love. The JustMarried Project is more than a campaign; it’s a call to action for all who believe in equality, a roadmap for the future in preserving the dignity and protections that come with simply having this basic human right, Together, we can protect our history, empower our future, and ensure the freedom to marry remains a right for all.
Donate Today and Join the Movement
Whether you are able to give now or not, please help us get the word out! Blow a whistle, wave a rainbow flag, flash your engagement ring, scroll through your wedding pics and let everyone you know about The JustMarried Project!
Your support helps ensure these stories reach those who need them most—whether it’s kids finding heroes in their local library, listeners discovering resilience in a podcast, or families inspired by stories of triumph over adversity.
Thank You! From The Team At JustMarried!!!
Frankie Frankeny, Jim Obergefell, Jason Dorn and Lynn Mueting