It was a small wedding for Kylie and Lisa Caro in Sydney's Centennial Park, but for celebrant Elizabeth Trevan it was extra special.
"As a celebrant, you travel an emotional journey a lot of the time with couples,” she said.
“And for same-sex couples – if you’re an empathetic person then you really are understanding that their journey’s been a little bit different.”
Ms Trevan said she was proud to be part of history.
“This is a really big day around Australia for a lot of couples and for celebrants as well who’ve been walking alongside couples to this day.”
Having already had a commitment ceremony, Kylie and Lisa said they wanted to formalise their union not just for themselves, but for their daughter, Isla.
“We've already been married for 18 months so doing this today, it's just saying we've already had this so we wanted to make it legal,” said Kylie.
“We've got a daughter now and we want her to know that the country that we live in accepts that she's got two mums and that we're married and that we're a family unit."
Ms Trevan said the Caros are typical of the interest she’s had from same-sex couples.
“It’s been from couples that have already done a commitment ceremony in the last decade or so,” she said.
“It’s really them just wanting to sign the paperwork and become a legal couple.”
And she’s looking forward to officiating many more ceremonies.
“It’s been many years of really being involved with couples on their journey to a wedding day – some of them have been legal wedding days and some haven’t, so now that they’re all going to be able to be legal, it’s really exciting as a celebrant.”
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