
A conversation about the differences in same-sex marriage in the United States and Lebanon
By Kirsten Palladino and Fida Chaaban
Earlier this year, Fida Chaaban, editor in chief of RAGMAG magazine in Beirut, Lebanon, reached out to Kirsten Palladino for her magazine’s wedding issue in order to include the weddings of the LGBTQ community. Instead of doing a typical Q&A, we decided to do a dual-magazine conversation of sorts, discussing the challenges faced by LGBTQ couples planning a wedding in the Middle East and the United States. What you see below is an email exchange between Fida for RAGMAG and Kirsten Ott Palladino, our editor in chief and co-founder of Equally Wed.


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RAGMAG covers: Odette Kahwaji and Christian Harb for RAGMAG Magazine; Fida Chaaban by Jason Zamora for RAGMAG MagazineDisclaimer: The views and opinions expressed within the confines of Viewpoints, our opinion-based forum, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Equally Wed, Palladino Publishing, LLC, its affiliates, or its employees.
Kirsten Ott Palladino
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