OUT

congratulations goes to…

Mrs. and Mrs. Lakesha and Nikia Allen

Meeting your forever at an in-home screening for the Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana fight may sound unlikely, but that’s exactly what happened to Lakesha Allen and Nikia Hughley of Atlanta. The chance meeting turned into a committed five-year relationship, kicked off with a date at Café Intermezzo.

“When I decided to finally pop the question, I knew more than anything I wanted her to be my forever,” Allen says. “I had finally narrowed down when and how I wanted to propose and I knew I wanted it to be intimate and not cliché.” The proposal saw Allen decorate the couple’s home with a dozen roses for each year they had been together—each bouquet included a special note explaining her feelings. The feelings were clearly mutual; Hughley gave a tearful “yes!” after the pair danced to “Love Ballad” by L.T.D. Then the two set about planning their wedding for March 20, 2020.

Intimacy had always been important in the relationship, and that extended to the ceremony which included only an officiant and their mothers. While they had initially planned

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from OUT

OUT2 min read
Every Body Say Love
These words resonated with me. Scrolling through social media nowadays can indeed feel like a heartless deluge of AI and algorithms. Where is the authenticity, the realness in a world increasingly dominated by the artificial? In the face of this cris
OUT5 min read
Drag Daddy
We’re Here, HBO’s Emmy-winning series about drag performers traveling around America, is one of the most important shows on TV now for LGBTQ+ visibility. It debuted in 2020, and since then, drag has emerged as a divisive political issue, with the far
OUT10 min read
The House Of Rupaul
RuPaul is the world’s most famous drag queen, with a reality competition queendom beloved by millions of viewers internationally. But his first and most important audience, as he reminds himself during his dressing-room rituals, was a party of one. “

Related Books & Audiobooks