La Vergne, Tennessee, is a quaint city with that small-town feel. Many call it a great place to raise a family. This is where I found Jamie and Renee Arispuro, who are living proof of this claim. Renee and Jamie are a lesbian couple who have now been married for almost a year and are raising their two sons, Gage and Austin.

Jamie is originally from Memphis, Tennessee, while Renee used to call Pomona, California, her home. They became friends on MySpace and decided to meet. When they met in November of 2009, they both knew that it was love at first sight. They wasted no time, and within less then five months, confident they had each found their soul mate, they decided to marry on March 25, 2010.

By John "Jasz" Szlachetka, Feature Author

John Szlachetka, also known as Jasz to many of his friends, has been an activist, speaker, and writer for LGBT rights, for a number of years.  A former high school teacher, he has seen the discrimination and bullying  LGBT youth face everyday.   He himself has lived through discrimination and homophobia both from his family and society in general.  This has made him stronger and more determined to fight for the equality of his LGBT brothers and sisters.   Besides his activism, he also councels LGBT couples with problems that arise in their relationships.  He is also a pastor for the Universal Life Church.    When he is not marrying couples, he is saving them from crisis.   You can also find him in many different facebook groups, fighting along side his LGBT brothers and sisters. 

As a member of the 10,000 couples team, Jasz hopes to promote both the e-magazine, and to to bring more couples into our 10,000 couples family.  Now that Same-Sex-Marriage has become an important subject world wide, he wants bring together everyone in the LGBT community to fight for the rights of our community.