{"id":4261,"date":"2009-05-18T16:52:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-18T20:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=4261"},"modified":"2009-05-18T16:52:48","modified_gmt":"2009-05-18T20:52:48","slug":"im-a-lumberjack-and-im-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/im-a-lumberjack-and-im-okay\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a lumberjack and I\u2019m okay"},"content":{"rendered":"

The only thing that will be more confused than this<\/a> is the Anglican Church theological commission’s report on why it is perfectly normal:<\/p>\n

Here come the brides… transvestite groom cuts the cake as ‘Susan’ after taking wedding vow as <\/strong>\"AddIan<\/strong><\/p>\n

With long blonde hair, flowing ivory wedding dress and proud smile, Susan looks every inch the blushing bride.<\/p>\n

Only Susan is really Ian Platt, 51, who performed the incredible feat of being both the bride and groom at his own wedding.<\/p>\n

The transvestite father-of-three appeased his future in-laws by sporting a conservative dark grey morning suit for the registry office ceremony.<\/p>\n

But after tying the knot with fiancee Lisa, 42, in a traditional wedding he left to perform a quick costume change.<\/p>\n

And by the time guests arrived at a hotel for the wedding reception Mr Platt had transformed himself into a radiant bride.<\/p>\n

The 100 guests roared with approval as the two brides cut their two wedding cakes – one saying ‘Ian and Lisa’ and the other saying ‘Susan and Lisa.’<\/p>\n

The newly weds also had their first dance as brides and gave speeches thanking family and friends before jointly throwing a bouquet of flowers over their heads towards guests.\"Add<\/p>\n

Mrs Platt, a mother-of-three, from Leeds, West Yorks, said: ‘Some people might not understand our relationship but it works perfectly for us.<\/p>\n

‘I truly believe that people should be themselves and enjoy life, and that is what Ian, Susan and I do each and every day. There are three people in this marriage – Ian, Lisa and Susan – but I wouldn’t have it any other way.’<\/p>\n

Mrs Platt said: ‘I met him as Ian first, he was really nice – he would always say he was quiet as Ian. Then he said I should meet Susan. I just thought it was brilliant. She was so confident and had the best legs I’d ever seen on a girl, let alone a man.<\/p>\n

‘Ian said that when he was a boy he loved dressing up in women’s clothes and had gradually developed his alter ego – Susan.<\/p>\n

‘She was confident and flamboyant and loved dolling herself up for a night on the transvestite scene in Leeds and going out with her transvestite girlfriends.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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