Joshu and Marleny met online in 2011. After a potentially disastrous first date, they hit it off and eventually got married in 2014. They now live in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood. Joshu is white and Marleny is black and was born in the Dominican Republic. She grew up speaking Spanish the fact that Joshu is a fluent speaker helped him quickly and easily integrate into … [Read more...]
Episode 15: Eric and David
Eric and David married nearly 5 decades after the Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage, but just a year after another Court ruling that made same-sex marriages like theirs legal across the United States. Eric is black, and grew up in a black neighborhood in Baltimore. David is white and grew up in a small town in Oregon; the couple met in … [Read more...]
Episode 2: Olivia and John
Olivia and John got married in 2015 and live in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia. Olivia is Filipino-American, and came to the US as an immigrant at age 7. John is white and grew up in Pittsburgh. Although both their families have been welcoming and supportive of Olivia and John's marriage and they haven't encountered any overtly negative reactions to them as a … [Read more...]