Digital invitation for an LGBTQ+ wedding: name it right

Picture the kitchen table two weeks before the wedding. One of you is typing names into a template, and the top field still says “Bride and Groom”. You delete it, then “Partner 1” and “Partner 2” appear. Neither sounds like you. A digital invitation for an LGBTQ+ wedding should not read like a form. You can create it and send it today from the catalogue; the first fix is one small field: the label.

The label is the first line a guest reads, before the date and before the photo. Get it wrong and the invitation feels like paperwork with flowers on it. Get it right and nobody notices the mechanics. They just see your names.

The label decides before the colour does

The field the editor calls the label is where the guest looks first. Put “The couple”, “The ones getting married” or the two names joined by “and” there, not a blank space. Say it out loud as if you were at the bar: “We’re getting married, Marta and Lucía” works. “The contracting parties, Marta and Lucía” sounds like a notary’s report. If either of you has two surnames, a chosen name or a name in another language, write it exactly as it should appear. The invitation will not shorten it or tidy it up for you.

• “The couple”: neutral, formal and it works with any family.
• “The ones getting married”: warm, and it fits two men, two women or a non-binary couple.
• Two names joined by “and”: the shortest label and the one that fits best on the cover.
• “Hosts”: useful if you are the ones inviting people and you want it to read like an invitation, not an announcement.

Digital invitations for LGBTQ+ weddings: two real names, not two tags

Skip the slash trick. “Bride/groom” or “name of partner 1” are internal labels, not text for guests. In the published version, only the real name should appear. Decide the order once — alphabetical, a coin toss, who arrived first — and keep it on the cover, in the ceremony scene and in the final line. That way nobody is always second. Use the name each person actually uses, with its gender and spelling. If someone uses a chosen name, that is the name on the invitation, not the one on a document.

This is where a digital invitation does more than a printed card. You can change a name, a label or an accent after you send it, and the link stays the same. No envelopes to redo. Guests who open the invitation two weeks later see the current version.

A wedding invitation should read like you said it out loud, not like a form you filled in.

How to create a digital invitation for an LGBTQ+ wedding you can edit without a reprint

Choose a design from the catalogue, test the cover for free and edit the text in the browser. The editor gives you one field per detail: label, names, date, phrase and place. There is a character counter and a live preview, so you can see whether “Marta and Lucía” fits as well as “María del Carmen and Lucía”. The site and the invitation content can be set in seven languages. Your aunt in Lyon can read “Les mariés” while your family reads “The couple”; the cover photo does not change.

Before you send the link, read the translated label out loud. In English, “The couple” is neutral and saves the problem. If your family insists on “the brides” or “the grooms”, decide before the link goes out. In test mode you can edit the cover without paying. When you buy, all the scenes of the invitation unlock.

Pick the label you would say out loud, write both names as they are, and let the digital invitation do the rest. It is a page you share with a link, a QR code or a message; guests open it in a browser and RSVP inside the same invitation. The price is 29.99 EUR, one payment. If someone asks for paper, print a few copies for the person who will keep one; the link still does the work for everyone else.