--- description: Two women were legally married in Texas Thursday morning, the first gay couple to wed in the state. title: Gay Couple Becomes First to Wed in Texas image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt097dcedf2b1d177d/69877ffc428a9e6429cc738d/gay-marriage-texas.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LGBT](/tag/lgbt/) ## LGBT Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gay Couple Becomes First to Wed in Texas  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 19, 2015 4:53 PM CUT  A man wearing a rainbow-colored tie and Equality Texas flag rallies on the steps of the Texas Capitol to call for more equality for same-sex couples on Feb. 17, 2015, in Austin, Texas. A man wearing a rainbow-colored tie and Equality Texas flag rallies on the steps of the Texas Capitol to call for more equality for same-sex couples on Feb. 17, 2015, in Austin, Texas.Eric Gay—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 19, 2015 4:53 PM CUT Two women were legally married in Austin, Texas Thursday morning, becoming the first gay couple to wed in the state. Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant, who have been together almost 31 years, said their vows outside the Travis County Clerk’s Office, the Austin _Statesman_ reports_._ The couple said they had been denied a marriage license there eight years ago. Their wedding comes just two days after a Texas judge [ruled the state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional](http://time.com/3712617/gay-marriage-texas-ban-unconstitutional/ "undefined"). “It’s very exciting,” Bryant said before her wedding. “My little one was worried about missing her history class. I said we’ll be making history.” \[[_Austin Statesman_](http://www.statesman.com/news/news/breaking-news/travis-county-clerk-issues-first-same-sex-marriage "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/"},"headline":"Gay Couple Becomes First to Wed in Texas","datePublished":"2015-02-19T16:53:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:33:00.030Z","description":"\"We'll be making history\"","url":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/","keywords":["LGBT","Texas","same sex marriage"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt097dcedf2b1d177d/69877ffc428a9e6429cc738d/gay-marriage-texas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt097dcedf2b1d177d/69877ffc428a9e6429cc738d/gay-marriage-texas.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Marriage Equality","caption":"Marriage Equality","creditText":"Eric Gay—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lgbt/","name":"LGBT"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/","name":"Gay Couple Becomes First to Wed in Texas"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Edie and Thea: A Love Story","description":"Edith Windsor reflects on her life with late spouse, Thea Spyer, and the meaning of gay marriage","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Kc02dmNR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-12-11T12:42:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Kc02dmNR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/","duration":"PT4M37S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3715032/first-texas-same-sex-marriage/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```