LGBTQ+ Celeb Couples Who Have Re-Written The Meaning Of Love In Hollywood

Jodie Foster And Alexandra Hedison

Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison married in 2014 after dating for a year. Hedison is a photographer, and Foster is an actress. In April 2014, she married Hedison in a private ceremony. Foster was careful to keep their relationship private until things got more serious for them, and the couple never publicly announced their engagement.

They prefer to keep their marriage private, but when Foster received the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021, Hedison joined Foster on the red carpet. When they’re with people they don’t know, they’re very private, but when they’re together, it’s as if they’re in their own world.

 

Samantha Fox and Linda Olsen

Samantha Fox and Linda Olsen’s romantic partners were featured in an endearing OK! magazine article in 2021. They began dating in 2016, a year after Fox’s former partner Myra Stratton died. They talked about their lives together, their house renovation, and their two cats. Linda is Samantha’s tour manager, and they met while working together.

 

Fox revealed that she has now fallen in love with another woman, to her CBB housemates Marnie Simpson and Katie Waissel. Sam announced her engagement to Olsen in March 2020. On June 18, 2022, they married in front of 127 close family and friends in a lavish ceremony in Epping Forest, Essex.

 Don Lemon and Tim Malone

Don Lemon and Tim Malone have been friends for many years. They made headlines in April 2019 when Lemon announced their engagement. The anchor opened up about his plans to have children with his fiancée in the near future in 2022. His professional and personal lives are both flourishing. He came out as gay in his memoir “Transparent,” which was published in 2011.

 

They dated for two years before announcing they’ll be married in 2019. As of 2022, they are yet to exchange vows because they are awaiting the right moment. Their Instagram accounts depict their lives with a Hamptons twist: boating, barbecues, beaches, playing with their three rescue dogs, and restaurant visits.

Caitlyn Jenner and Sophia Hutchins

Sophia Hutchins has categorically denied dating Caitlyn Jenner, despite years of rumors that they are more than friends. Hutchins stated that she and Jenner have a “parental, familial” relationship. Nobody doubted Jenner and Hutchins were dating when rumors of their relationship began to circulate in the media.

 

Hutchins publicly stated that she and Jenner were never involved in a relationship. She described their relationship as professional because she is the executive director of Jenner’s foundation. Sophia took to Instagram stories to debunk a tweet that claimed she and Jenner, the TV star, had been together for four years. So take this information with a grain of salt!

Robin Roberts and Amber Laign

Robin Roberts is an American television broadcaster, and Amber Laign is a businesswoman and the CEO/Founder of Plant Juice Oils, a health and wellness company. They are not married but have been together for nearly 17 years. The couple allegedly met for the first time on a blind date.

 

The GMA host revealed details about her relationship with Laign in her 2014 book, “Everybody’s Got Something.” She wrote at the time that Laign and herself had been a loving couple for almost ten years now, but they have chosen not to live together; maybe that’s why they have lasted almost a decade!

Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry

Linda Perry is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, while Sara Gilbert is an American actress, director, and producer. They first met back in 2011. The couple finally married on March 30, 2014. On February 28, 2015, Gilbert gave birth to their son, Rhodes Emilio Gilbert Perry. Their wedding lasted until September 2019. After nearly six years of marriage, though, Sara filed for separation.

 

According to court documents, the former couple has joint custody of their son. The couple’s legal separation was based on “irreconcilable differences.” However, the 2020 pandemic appears to have brought the former flames back together, as they’ve been quarantined together while co-parenting their child.

Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni

Cynthia Ellen Nixon is a stage director, activist, and actress from the United States. Nixon, and Marinoni, met in 2001 while working together for a charity and got engaged during a 2009 rally in New York to support gay marriage. Since then, the two have been inseparable and were happily married in 2012.

 

The couple kept many details of their wedding ceremony private, but they did share a photo with People. According to examiner.com, the newlyweds have three children in total. They advocate for change in their society through proper public education systems, while Nixon became involved in politics.

Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner

Lily Tomlin first met her now-wife Jane Wagner in 1971, when a mutual friend introduced them. The couple and longtime creative collaborators have been together since the early 1970s and married in 2013. Wagner received a Peabody Award for her 1969 CBS television special, “J.T.,” which drew the attention of Lily Tomlin.

 

The two have collaborated on numerous projects, with Wagner writing Tomlin’s iconic role in “The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe,” for which she won a Tony Award. The Grace and Frankie actress has been with Jane Wagner for 50 years. Lily once stated that her decision not to have children aided her career success.

Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson

Ashley Benson is an American model, singer, actress and Cara Delevingne is an English model, actress, and singer. They met while filming a movie together called. With their daring public displays of affection, enviable fashion sense, and hilarious TikToks, they are the ultimate couple goals. They met on the set of “Her Smell,” where they played bandmates Crassie Cassie (Delevingne) and Roxie Rotten (Benson).

 

However, they reportedly ended their relationship after two years of dating. “Cara and Ashley have always had ups and downs, but it’s over now,” a source told People magazine in May 2020. “Their relationship had simply run its course.”

Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli

Samira Wiley of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and Lauren Morelli of “Orange Is the New Black” got married in 2017. They got to know each other on the set of “Orange Is the New Black,” which is written by Morelli, while Wiley played ‘Poussey Washington.’ In 2014, Morelli came out as a lesbian, divorcing her two-year husband and starting a relationship with Wiley.

 

They began as friends before becoming engaged in 2016 and marrying in 2017. They welcomed their first child on May 9, 2021. The couple has their own Californian bungalow, which is decorated with quirky and feminine prints throughout, which represent their personality. In March 2022, they marked their fourth wedding anniversary.

Chely Wright and Lauren Blitzer

Lauren Blitzer is the VP of Business Development at Sony Music Entertainment, where she has worked for the past decade, and Chely Wright is an American activist, author, and country music, artist. Wright met LGBTQ civil rights activist Blitzer, and not only was the timing perfect, but after coming out, Wright felt free to pursue the relationship without fear of hiding, as she had in the past.

 

The couple married in a beautiful ceremony attended by 200 guests in Connecticut. Wright announced her pregnancy with identical twins on January 23, 2013. On May 18, 2013, Wright gave birth to George Samuel and Everett Joseph.

Melissa Etheridge and Linda Wallem

Melissa Etheridge, a rock singer, found new love with Linda Wallem, an actress, writer, and producer. They’ve been best friends for a very long time. After her divorce from her first wife, Etheridge invited Wallem, who was then the showrunner of “Nurse Jackie,” to live with her and her four children on platonic terms in 2010.

 

They married in front of 100 guests in Santa Barbara in 2014. Etheridge’s children from her previous relationship pushed her to date again. They initially intended to work together professionally, but fate had different plans. Along with the many things the couple enjoys doing together are slow dancing at home in front of the kids.

Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Landau

Jackson announced on his official Instagram account in October 2013 that he was dating actor Jason Landau. The two met at a sobriety meeting and supported each other on their alcohol-free journey. Only a few months after that moment, the couple got engaged in February 2014. In September 2014, they married in Encino, California.

 

In October 2016, they welcomed twins, a girl named Willow and a boy named Ethan. Every time this happily married couple posts photos on their social media pages, it’s a visual feast for our eyes. It’s incredible how these gentlemen can do everything together, from singing to dancing to enduring difficult times.

Billy Porter and Adam Smith

Billy Porter and Adam Smith celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in 2022. They first met at a dinner party for mutual friends in February 2009. Smith sat next to Porter by chance, and this chance meeting developed into a long-term relationship. They had been apart for five years before reuniting in 2015, and they knew they were made for each other at that point.

 

Porter and Smith married less than three weeks after they got engaged in 2017. Smith told the outlet that he has nine nieces and nephews; they adore kids! But they think they will just be “uncles” instead of dads. Therefore, they decided not to have children.

Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers

Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers began as friends and are now happily married. Their relationship only became romantic after Rogers invited Berlanti to be his plus-one at the ESPY Awards. They married in 2017 and made every effort to keep the wedding private, even asking guests not to take photos during the ceremony. The couple has two children, Mia and Caleb.

 

Berlanti directed “Love, Simon,” the first studio-released teen gay romantic comedy, in 2018. According to Berlanti, he is afraid that Rogers will never like any of his work as much as he loved the said film. The couple has been married for five years as of 2022.

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are considered LGBTQ icons because they have been courageous in living their truths for so long. In 2008, DeGeneres and de Rossi legally married in California. The couple has no intention of having children, but the couple has collaborated on the most significant philanthropic efforts to preserve wildlife—even their home in Los Angeles is filled with rescued animals!

 

In their first year of dating, De Rossi and DeGeneres began living together. Portia was granted the right to legally change her name from Portia de Rossi to Portia Lee James DeGeneres two years after they married.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita

Jesse Tyler Ferguson revealed that he and his now-husband Justin Mikita met in a training center during the early days of filming Modern Family. According to Mikita, they started messaging on Twitter, and he was like, ‘Can I take you to dinner sometime?’ They planned their own ceremony in New York in 2013, and the rest is history.

 

This couple spent the spring of 2022 in their Los Angeles home, awaiting the birth of their first child. They will be adding a new member to their family. The couple even threw a star-studded baby shower to celebrate the birth of their first child.

Wanda Sykes and Alex Sykes

Wanda and Alex Sykes have officially married. They met on a New York ferry to the resort Fire Island. Mutual friends later introduced the 2022 Oscars host to the interior designer, and their love story began to blossom. They married, walking down the aisle in matching wedding gowns in October 2008. They dated for nearly two years before getting married in 2008. They also have 12-year-old twins, Olivia and Lucas Sykes.

 

They keep the kids out of the spotlight, but Wanda has used her experience as a parent for some stand-up comedy. Wanda celebrated 12 years with her partner in 2022 by sharing a photo from their private ceremony in 2008.

Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef

Jwan Yosef and Ricky Martin have been married since 2017. They shared an Instagram photo of the couple with the caption “Truth Prevails” and a red love heart. Yosef’s paintings brought them together for the first time. Martin exclaimed that he saw his art and went crazy because he really loved what he did. And that’s how Martin reached out to him.

 

Martin and Yosef met in 2016 and began dating. On The Ellen DeGeneres show that November, the “Nobody Wants to Be Lonely” singer announced their engagement. At the end of 2019, they welcomed their fourth child. According to the couple, they enjoy hearing their children’s giggles fill the house.

Lance Bass and Michael Turchin

Lance Bass and his husband, Michael Turchin, have made their family of four official. The couple revealed that their newborn twins had arrived. They met at a mutual friend’s party and stayed in touch through social media. Turchin was initially intimidated to approach a famous singer, but they overcame their reservations, and their relationship blossomed over time.

 

The ‘NSYNC’ band member married his partner in front of 300 people in 2014, and the two have been happily married since. When asked to describe his wedding, Lance Bass’s favorite word to use is “unique.” They stated that they had been together for ten years before officially tying the knot.

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