Wedding Announcement: Jody Bouffard & Holly Hatch are getting hitched

Jody Marie Bouffard (fondly known as Jody B.) and Holly Amber Hatch of Denver, Colorado excitedly announce their marriage ceremony, exchange of vows and reception to take place on Sat., June 28 of this year at the First Baptist Church of Denver. The wedding will be officiated by the couple’s Shaman, Paula Gerardi.

Bouffard, a long-time bar owner in Denver, grew up in Winooski, Vermont to parents Alan and Peggy Bouffard. Jody graduated from Rice Memorial High School and moved to Colorado at the age of 19. Hatch, former editor of Out Front and Weird Sisters West, grew up in Fort Collins to parents Stephen and Joanne Hatch. Holly graduated from Poudre High School and got her bachelors degree in Poetry and Literature from Colorado State University.

Both Bouffard and Hatch are LGBT activists in Colorado, and own a bar and coffee shop together in Capitol Hill, Blush & Blu. The couple has been together for nearly two years, and were engaged on Christmas day 2013.

Hatch and Bouffard have three dogs, and in their free time enjoy hosting dinner parties, engaging in political causes, frequent local Denver restaurants and attend yoga classes, church services and meditate in Buddhist temples. The two spend their vacations in the mountains and plan to fly to Vermont after their wedding ceremony to sign their official marriage certificate in Jody’s home state, where gay marriage is legal.

Jody and Holly hope to show the Colorado community and the world at large, that love is the true testament to happiness and that same-sex couples achieve the same success and committed family life as mainstream couples. Jody and Holly create community at their bar and in their social lives, and live for the betterment of both the LGBT community and the world through their love, service and commitment to a deeper spiritual path.