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        Queer influencer RaeShanda Lias marries partner in ceremony officiated by Niecy Nash and her wife
    
    RaeShanda Lias married her partner while wearing a gorgeous gown!

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By Ariel Messman-Rucker

    February 17 2026 / 7:13 PM
  
Ariel Messman-Rucker
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
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Queer TikTok baddie and LGBTQ+ advocate RaeShanda Lias just tied the knot!
Lias shared the news that she married her partner, Dr. Tara Jae, by posting a series of wedding photos on her Instagram account and videos that she shared on Instagram and TikTok.
“Yesterday I said I Do,” she wrote in the caption on one of her posts. “Yesterday I married my best friend. Yesterday we got loved on from our community. Yesterday we fell in love all over again.”

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Lias is best known for her popular “Let’s Check the Board” videos, and is also the recipient of the 2025 HRC Influence Award and was named one of the 2025 Out 100.
Lia also posted a photo from the wedding alongside Niecy Nash and her wife, Jessica Betts, who officiated the ceremony.

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Another post shows off Lias’ white dress that looks like a mermaid-style gown in the front and a ball gown in the back, with elaborate silver beadwork and a stunning cathedral train.
Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Queer TikTok baddie and LGBTQ+ advocate RaeShanda Lias just tied the knot!

Lias shared the news that she married her partner, Dr. Tara Jae, by posting a series of wedding photos on her Instagram account and videos that she shared on Instagram and TikTok.

“Yesterday I said I Do,” she wrote in the caption on one of her posts. “Yesterday I married my best friend. Yesterday we got loved on from our community. Yesterday we fell in love all over again.”

See on Instagram

Lias is best known for her popular “Let’s Check the Board” videos, and is also the recipient of the 2025 HRC Influence Award and was named one of the 2025 Out 100.

Lia also posted a photo from the wedding alongside Niecy Nash and her wife, Jessica Betts, who officiated the ceremony.

See on Instagram

Another post shows off Lias’ white dress that looks like a mermaid-style gown in the front and a ball gown in the back, with elaborate silver beadwork and a stunning cathedral train.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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