Don Lemon And Tim Malone
Don Lemon spent many years working at CNN, hosting Don Lemon Tonight from 2014 until 2022 and then parting ways with the company in 2023. He came out in his 2011 memoir Transparent, and in 2017 he began dating Tim Malone. The two announced that they got engaged in 2019.
Don Lemon And Tim Malone
Ellen DeGeneres And Portia De Rossi
Ellen Degeneres made a name for herself as a comic, actress, and most notably as a talk show host. She began dating actress Portia de Rossi, best known for her role in Arrested Development, in 2004. In 2008, they got engaged and married. In 2010, Portia filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.
Ellen DeGeneres And Portia De Rossi
Brad Goreski And Gary Janetti
Brad Goreski is a stylist and TV personality who rose to prominence when he became a co-host of Fashion Police in 2015. He is also a judge on Canada’s Drag Race. Goreski is married to TV writer and producer Gary Jentti, who has worked on Family Guy, Will and Grace, and The Prince. They have been married since 2017.
Brad Goreski And Gary Janetti
Samira Wiley And Lauren Morelli
Lauren Morelli is a TV writer, producer, and director who is known for her wok on Orange Is The New Black. She was married to her husband for two years when she filed for divorce in 2014. She came out as a lesbian, and in 2016, she got engaged to Samira Wiley, who is known for her work on Orange Is The New Black as well. They got married in March 2017 and have a daughter together.
Samira Wiley And Lauren Morelli
Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka
Neil Patrick Harris first became known for his role on Doogie Howser and later How I Met Your Mother. He came out in 2006 and confirmed that he had been dating David Burtka since 2004. They got married in June 2011 after being engaged for five years. They have twins together, a boy and a girl.
Neil Patrick Harris And David Burtka
Antoni Porowski and Kevin Harrington
Antoni Porowski is best known for being part of the Fab Five on the new version of Queer Eye on Netflix. Porowski has said that he prefers not to label himself as his sexuality is “a little more fluid along the spectrum.” He started dating advertising executive Kevin Harrington in 2019, and in 2022, the two became engaged.
Antoni Porowski And Kevin Harrington
Cynthia Nixon And Christine Marinoni
Cynthia Nixon is best known for her roles as Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City and its revival And Just Like That. She was married to her husband Danny Mozes from 1988 until 2003, and a year after her divorce, she began dating activist Christine Marinoni. When asked about her sexuality, she said: “I don’t really feel I’ve changed. I’d been with men all my life, and I’d never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn’t seem so strange. I’m just a woman in love with another woman.” They got married in 2012 and they have one child together, in addition to Nixon’s two children from her previous marriage.
Cynthia Nixon And Christine Marinoni
Maria Bello And Dominique Crenn
Maria Bello is an actress who is best known for her role in Permanent Midnight as well as Coyote Ugly, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and NCIS. She spoke about having same-sex relationships in 2013 and later wrote a book about the topic. She announced that she was engaged to her partner, French chef, Dominique Crenn in 2019.
Maria Bello And Dominique Crenn
RuPaul Charles And Georges LeBar
RuPaul became a household name after his show RuPaul’s Drag Race became immensely popular after it debuted in 2009. RuPaul met Georges LeBar at the Limelight club in NYC in 1994. They have been together ever since and officially got married in 2017.
RuPaul Charles And Georges LeBar
Elton John And David Furnish
Musical icon Elton John first came out as bisexual in 1976 in an interview with Rolling Stone, and by 1992, he told the same publication that he was “quite comfortable about being gay.” In 1993, he began dating ad executive and filmmaker David Furnish. They officially got married in 2014 and they have two sons together.
Elton John And David Furnish
Catherine Bell And Brooke Daniells
Catherine Bell is best known for her role as Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie on JAG from 1997 until 2005, as well as her roles in Army Wives and The Good Witch. After her 2011 divorce from husband Adam Beason, Bell began dating photographer and party planner Brooke Daniells in 2012, and they currently live together with their children in Los Angeles.
Catherine Bell And Brooke Daniells
Jesse Tyler Ferguson And Justin Mikita
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is best known for her rose as Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family. In 2012, he announced that he was engaged to lawyer Justin Mikita after two years of dating. They got married a year later and now have two children together.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson And Justin Mikita
Matt Bomer And Simon Halls
Actor Matt Bomer is best known for his roles on All My Children, Chuck, White Collar, Magic Mike, and American Horror Story. Though he married Simon Halls, a publicist, in 2011, their marriage did not become public until 2014. They have three children together.
Matt Bomer And Simon Halls
Jim Parsons And Todd Spiewak
Jim Parsons is most recognized for his role as Sheldon Cooper on hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory. In a 2012 article with the New York Times, Parsons discussed being gay and shared that he had been in a relationship for over 10 years. He has married to art director Todd Spiewak since 2017.
Jim Parsons And Todd Spiewak
Matt Dallas And Blue Hamilton
Matt Dallas is best known for playing the titular role on ABC Family show Kyle XY. He denied being gay in the media foe years after being outed by Perez Hilton’s blog. In 2015, he married musician Blue Hamilton and they have since adopted two children together.
Matt Dallas And Blue Hamilton
Kevin McHale And Austin P. McKenzie
Kevin McHale first rose to prominence when he played Artie Abrams on hit TV series Glee. In 2018, McHale came out on Twitter. He met fellow actor Austin P. McKenzie on the set of When We Rise and the two have been together since 2016.
Kevin McHale And Austin P. McKenzie
Samantha Fox And Linda Olsen
English singer Samantha Fox enjoyed success with her first single “Touch Me (I Want Your Body)” after it became a top 10 hit. After many rumors swirling for a while, in 2003, she confirmed that she was in a same-sex relationship with her then-manager Myra Statton. Fox was withher until Stratton passed away in 2015. She then began dating tour manager Linda Olsen. They officially tied the knot in 2022.
Samantha Fox And Linda Olsen
Wanda Sykes And Alex Sykes
Wanda Sykes is a comedian and actress who first became known for her writing for The Chris Rock Show. She later appeared in The New Adventures of Old Christine, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Black-ish and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. She divorced her husband of 7 years in 1998 and in 2008, she came out as a lesbian. She met Alex Niedbalski in 2006 and married her two years later. They have two children together, a boy and a girl.
Wanda Sykes And Alex Sykes
Nina Ansaroff And Amanda Nunes
Nina Ansaroff is a former mixed martial artist who competed for the women’s flyweight division of the UFC. She is married to fellow retired UFC fighter Amanda Nunes, who is the former UFC Women’s Bantamweight and Featherweight champion. They had a daughter together in 2020.
Nina Ansaroff And Amanda Nunes
DeWanna Bonner And Candice Dupree
Candice Dupree is WNBA player who currently serves as a Player Development coach for the San Antonio Spurs. She was married to DeWanna Bonner in 2014 and in 2017, Bonner gave birth to their twins. Unfortunately, they have since split up and as of July 2023, Bonner is now engaged to her Connecticut Sun teammate Alyssa Thomas.
DeWanna Bonner And Candice Dupree
Orlando Cruz And Jose Manuel Colon
Orlando Cruz is a Puerto Rican boxer who represented his country at the 2000 Olympics in Australia. In 2012, he came out as gay in an interview with Telemundo, becoming the first boxer to come out while still active professionally in boxing. He married his partner Jose Manuel Colon in Central Park in 2013.
Orlando Cruz And Jose Manuel Colon
Lance Bass And Michael Turchin
Lance Bass is a singer and performer best known for being a past of boy band NSYNC. Though he dated women until he was 22 and avoided tabloid claims about his sexuality, he officially came out as gay in People magazine in 2006. He began dating painter Michael Turchin in 2011 and two years later they were engaged. They got married in 2014 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. They have twins together, a boy and a girl born in 2021.
Lance Bass And Michael Turchin
Tom Daley And Dustin Lance Black
Tom Daly is a diver who rose to prominence as an Olympic diver, winning two gold medals at the 2020 Olympics and winning bronze at the 2016 and 2012 Olympics. In 2013, he announced that he was dating a man, saying “I’ve never been happier.” He married screenwriter, director, and producer Dustin Lance Black in 2017. They have two sons together.
Tom Daley And Dustin Lance Black
Cheyenne Jackson And Jason Landau
Cheyenne Jackson is an actor and singer who is known for his roles in Broadway on shows like Thoroughly Modern Millie and Aida. He was married to physicist Monte Lapka from 2011 until 2013. He then began dating actor Jason Landau later that year. They were engaged by 2014 and later in the year were married. They have twins together, a boy and a girl born in 2016.
Cheyenne Jackson And Jason Landau
Billy Porter And Adam Smith
Billy Porter is an actor, singer, director, and writer who is best known for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots, for which he earned the Tony Awrd for Best Actor in a Musical in 2013. He came out when he was 16 years old. He met Adam Smith in 2009 and the two got married in 2017. They have to children together. Sadly, in July 2023 the couple announced that they had separated.
Billy Porter And Adam Smith
Greg Berlanti And Robbie Rogers
Greg Berlanti is a screenwriter, producer, and director who has worked on TV shows like Dawson’s Creek, Everwood, Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and You. He began dating former LA Galaxy soccer player Robbie Rogers in 2013. They got engaged in 2016 and were married a year later. They have two children together.
Greg Berlanti And Robbie Rogers
Nate Berkus And Jeremiah Brent
Nate Berkus is an interior designer who rose to prominence after appearing as a regular featured guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In 2004, he lost his partner Fernando Bengoechea in Sri Lanka after a tsunami hit while they were vacationing there. In 2013, he became engaged to Jeremiah Brent, a fellow interior designer. They got married in 2014 and have two children together. They also co-host TLC show Nate & Jeremiah By Design.
Nate Berkus And Jeremiah Brent
Tom Bosworth And Harry Dineley
Tom Bosworth is a British race walker who holds three World bests and won 13 British Championship gold medals. He came out as gay in 2015 on the BBC Victoria Derbyshire show. He also said that he had been in a “really happy relationship” over the past 4 and a half years. He proposed to his now husband Harry Dineley while at the Rio Olympics.
Tom Bosworth And Harry Dineley
Craig Burns And Luke Sullivan
One of the first couples in Australia to get married after the Marriage Act went into effect were Craig Burns and Luke Sullivan. They had been together for three years before getting engaged at Byron Bay on the Gold Coast. Their wedding took place in January 2018.
Craig Burns And Luke Sullivan
Robin Roberts And Amber Laign
Robin Roberts is the anchor on ABC’s Good Morning America and has been since 2005. That same year, she began dating massage therapist Amber Laign and though her friends and co-workers knew, she only publicly came out in 2013.
Robin Roberts And Amber Laign
Melissa Etheridge And Linda Wallem
Melissa Etheridge is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose first album launched her to game. She came out publicly in 2013 and had a long-term relationship with Julie Cypher. They separated in 2000. She was linked to Tammy Lynn Michaels in 2002, with whom she had two children. In 2014, she married Linda Wallem, an actress, writer, and producer.
Melissa Etheridge And Linda Wallem
Jonathan Knight And Harley Rodriguez
Jonathan Knight is a singer who is best known for being a member of New Kids On The Block. After the group broke up, he worked as a real estate investor. In 2009, he was outed by the National Enquirer without his consent. In 2008, he began dating Harley Rodriguez and they appeared together on The Amazing Race in 2015. They got engaged in 2016 and were officially married in 2022.
Jonathan Knight And Harley Rodriguez
Abby Wambach And Glennon Doyle
Abby Wambach is a retired soccer player who is a six time winner of the US Soccer Athlete of the Year award among many other accolades. She has been married to author Glennon Doyle since 2017. Doyle is the author of popular books like Untamed, Love Warror, and Carry On, Warrior.
Abby Wambach And Glennon Doyle
Chely Wright And Lauren Blitzer
Chely Wright is a country singer whose single “Single White Female” became a number one hit. She struggled with her sexuality for years, pursing relationships with country singers Vince Gill and Brad Paisley. In 2010, she came out publicly after years of fighting her truth, and two weeks later, she met Sony Music marketing director Lauren Blitzer. They were engaged in 2011 and got married later that year. In 2013, they had twin boys together.
Chely Wright And Lauren Blitzer
Michael Kors And Lance LePere
Michael Kors is a fashion designer and chief creative officer of his eponymous brand. Lance LePere began interning at the Michael Kors office in 1990 and they began dating soon after. They officially got married in 2011 in Southampton, New York.
Michael Kors And Lance LePere
Brittney Griner And Cherelle Watson
Brittney Griner is a basketball player who plays for Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She is best known for her unfortunate arrest in Russia in February 2022 and 9-year prison sentence there. Fortunately, she was able to be brought home as part of a prisoner exchange in December 2022. She came out in 2013 and was engaged to fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson. She later married Cherelle Watson in 2019.
Brittney Griner And Cherelle Watson
Rob Kearney And Joey Aleixo
Rob Kearny is a professional strongman competitor who won the Giants Live North American Open in 2017. He became the first openly gay professional strongman. He is married to Joey Aleixo. In 2022, he published a children’s picture book called Strong that detailed his life’s journey and identity.
Rob Kearney And Joey Aleixo
Karine Jean-Pierre and Suzanne Malveaux
Karine Jean-Pierre is a political advisor who has served as White House press secretary since May 2022. She is the first Black woman and openly LGBT person to serve in that role. Her partner is Suzanne Malveaux, a former CNN correspondent. They have a daughter together.
Karine Jean Pierre And Suzanne Malveaux
Barry Manilow And Garry Kief
Barry Manilow is a singer whose career has spanned over seven decades. He married his high school sweetheart Susan Deizler in 1964, and though he said he was in love with her, the marriage was annulled in 1966. He began dating TV executive Garry Kief in 1978 and they tied the knot many years later in 2014. He kept his relationship private for many years because he feared it would negatively impact his career. However, after sharing the news of his marriage, fans were supportive.
Barry Manilow And Garry Kief
Anya Battaglino And Madison Packer
Anya Battaglino is a retired ice hockey player who now works as the general manager of the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation. She came out in March 2018 and later that year she became engaged to fellow NWHL player Madison Packer. They got married in August 2019. In 2020, their first child was born.
Anya Battaglino And Madison Packer
