 Speaking with everyone at Sunday's brunch, there is the occasional flash of anxiety. Little anecdotes and reminders, the New Paltz weddings did not, in fact, cure homophobia, and especially not transphobia. With some states ratcheting up restrictions on the transgender community, William says he's not sure the New Paltz weddings could have gone as smoothly if they were held today. But in the safety of this banquet hall, as Vila Peculiar dances under a deluge of laughs and dollar bills, they've got a memory of what they're capable of. And they've got each other.