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When Haynes shared his post-coming-out story with OUT in our Septmeber 2016 cover story, the actor and media personality seemed pessimistic about love, and said he was hoping for a “happy beginning.” He seems to have found out with celebrity florist Jeff Leatham, who became Haynes's fiance in March during a beach-set engagement complete with fireworks and a live-streamed blessing from Cher. The word is the two are also looking to adopt children, which, as he also told OUT, would be a dream come true for Haynes.
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This couple is living proof that opposites attract. Though the two couldn’t be more different—LeBar is an Australian rancher running a 60,000-acre ranch in Wyoming and we all know spotlight magnet RuPaul of Drag Race fame—the couple has been together for more than 23 years. Married in a secret ceremony in January, the pair met at the legendary New York City club Limelight in 1994 on LeBar’s birthday and have been together ever since.
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Since Cooper and Maisani met in 2009, they've become one of the most talked-about gay couples in the nation. As the anchor of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, and through other gigs like his daytime talk show Anderson Live (2011-2013), Cooper has been a beacon for countless queer people in the news world and beyond. Though less public, Maisani does his part for the community, too, as the owner of at least three New York gay bars, including the beloved Easternbloc and Bedlam, both on the Lower East Side.
Models Cruz and Wanzer met while filiming the Oxygen reality series Strut, about Slay Model Management, the first all-trans modeling agency. What began as flirtations, whispers and suggestive Instagram posts soon led to a public declaration last fall, with Wanzer, a trans woman, bringing Cruz, a trans man, to her mother's wedding, among other places. The pair's public partnership has been highly beneficial for the visibility of trans couples.
Though the public nature of Sivan and Bixenman's relationship sat in are-they-or-aren't-they limbo for months (so much so that OUT put both on our 2017 Bachelors List), it's safe to say now that the two are officially official. Sivan, whose recording career keeps climbing, and Bixenman, whose contract with Ford Models is bringing him heaps of opportunities, are widely ogled on social media. But their most impactful public act together was arguably Sivan's video for “Heaven,” which featured both men and served as a direct response of resistance to Trump's inauguration.
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By the time Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts came out publicly in 2014, she and her girlfriend Amber Laign had already known each other for nine years, which Roberts shared on a special episode of Ellen Degeneres's talk show. Laign, a massage therapist whose clients include a large number of people recovering from injuries, stood by Roberts when the journalist struggled through a very public battle with cancer.
If there's one person who's needed and valued Rachel Maddow more than the rest of us over the past year, we'd argue that it's the MSNBC anchor's longtime partner, artist and photographer Mikula. The couple met way back in 1999, and among the many things they share, both are published authors, with Maddow releasing 2012's Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power, and Mikula unveiling a book of her own photography in 2008.
The Torringtons are the founders of SlayTV, a media network dedicated to queer people of color featuring content by and for this underrepresented community. One of Slay’s shows, Love @ First Night, is based loosely on their relationship and the situations they go through together. "Our mission is to create a space in the industry for black queer and trans media," Torrington told OUT. "Normalizing our experiences through art sends a clear message to those who haven't been exposed to our dope, diverse community."
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Sometimes, art can be a key tie that binds us, and that seems to be the case with actresses and partners Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, who made their relationship public early last year. Paulson, who's enjoying a career high thanks to acclaimed work in Ryan Murphy's productions (American Horror Story, American Crime Story), and Taylor, a longtime veteran of the biz, are also proving that love is blind to age, as Taylor is 32 years older than Paulson.
Queer activist couple Tiq and Kim Milan have been showing the world that love, of all things, is equal-opportunity—a message they shared together during a powerful TED talk last year. Tiq, a trans man and media strategist, and Kim, a cis woman and artist, have been particularly galvanized to make their bond visible in recent months. But the core of their connection hasn't changed much since they opened up in OUT's Love Issue two years ago. “In the queer community,” Tiq told us, “it’s all about how we love, how we build our relationships, and how we build families. There’s no rule book.”
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Ellis and Henderson weren’t fans of each other when they initially met, but you know what they say: 10 years makes the heart grow fonder. After meeting again a decade later, they fell for each other. Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, and Henderson, a founding member of the all-female rock band Antigone Rising, got pregnant on the same day in May 2008 with Henderson giving birth to their son Thomas and Ellis to their daughter Kate Spencer. They chronicled their path to motherhood in the book Times Two, Two Women in Love and The Happy Family They Made and then in 2011, Huff Po documented their wedding in a three part series.
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Known simply as “Garren” in the industry, DeFazio has been one of the most celebrated hairstylists in the world for more than 40 years, and has styled more than 1,000 magazine covers. His partner, Priano, is a well established stylist and men's groomer, whose clients have included everyone from Brad Pitt to Tyson Beckford. Together, the longtime pair recently upped their professional partnership, too, launching R+Co, a rapidly growing brand of high-end products, co-founded with Howard McLaren.
Emerson and Camilo nearly broke the internet with their too-adorable-for-words “#gay #army #prom” photo. The YouTuber introduced the world to a Camilo, New York City-based consultant and soldier in the National Guard, as his boyfriend in a popular vid last June. That announcement also served as Camilo’s coming-out in the post-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell military. In January, they celebrated their one-year anniversary in true Insta-thot fashion: a tandem shirtless selfie.
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After a destination wedding in Hawaii cemented Janet Mock and Aaron Tredwell’s relationship further, the pair moved forward into the next chapter of their lives with confidence and poise. Mock, who recently covered OUT (along with Ellen Page, Jill Solloway and Lydia Polgreen) is preparing to release her next book, Surpassing Certainty, in June. Tredwell, a photographer, is currently working on the documentary SHAPE UP, about young gay black men finding their place in black barbershops.
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The on again/off again couple are apparently back on again. The former View co-host and her model girlfriend started dating back in 2012 and both appeared on Fox’s hit musical drama Empire—Raven as Jamal Lyon’s (Jussie Smollet) former flame and AzMarie as a member of Hakeem Lyon’s (Bryshere Y. Gray) posse—but reportedly broke up in October 2015. However, they looked very much together the following spring. What can we say? That’s so Raven.
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For more than a decade, Savage has been one of the most vocal and radical voices speaking out on behalf the LGBTQ community, sharing his unapologetic views through his widely syndicated sex column, Savage Love, and its more recent podcast spin-off, Savage Lovecast, available on iTunes. In 2010, he and Miller, a photographer and activist, co-founded the vastly popular It Gets Better Project to help prevent LGBTQ youth suicide. The pair have been married since 2005.
Who says you can’t find love on Instagram? Kenworthy, an Olympic freeskier, and Wilkas, an actor, shared their improbable, digital love story to OUT as one of the cover couples in our annual Love issue back in February. Kenworthy was still in the closet, but taken with the Gayby star, he kept up the pursuit despite Wilkas’s initial hesitation: “A year later, when Gus reached out again for a drink,” he explained, “I thought, OK, I’ll do it. Look at his picture — he’s adorable. Why not do this?” The rest is history, unfiltered.
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When they met on the set of Orange Is the New Black—Samira Wiley was in the cast and Lauren Morelli was on the writing team...and married...to a man. But Wiley and Morelli fell in love and shortly after coming out publicly as a lesbian, Morelli announced her engagement to Wiley. “Lauren wrote episode six of the first season, one of the first scripts really featuring my character, Poussey. We spent four days in a row working together,” Wiley told OUT. “Honestly, I thought she was gay the first time I met her.” They appeared on the cover of OUT’s “Love” issue in February and got married last month in Palm Springs.
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As far as Hollywood relationships go, and relationships in general, Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner are the exception, not the rule. Together for 45 years, Tomlin and her writing partner Wagner officially tied the knot in 2014. They met in 1971 and have been collaborators and lovers ever since, collecting three Emmy Awards together for their work on Tomlin’s comedic specials. Laughter may not only be the best medicine but also an unknown aphrodisiac.
Favored by Rihanna, Adam Selman, who made the singer’s now-iconic sheer Swarovski-encrusted dress, and Mel Ottenberg, who’s been dressing the singer for years, make up one of contemporary fashion’s hottest couples. Selman has designed for other royals in music’s court, including Beyonce, Ariana Grande and Lorde, while Ottenberg has styled for publications like Vanity Fair and Harper’s Bazaar.
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One of OUT’s May cover stars, Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page came out in 2014 and ever since has been blazing a trail of openness with her Viceland show Gaycation and films such as Freeheld with Julianne Moore. It was at the red carpet premiere of that film that Page debuted her relationship with surfer and artist Samantha Thomas in 2015. At the time, Page gushed of Thomas, “I’m in love.”
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Whenever you hear about a couple adopting over a dozen kids, it’s usually the premise of some show on the network once surprisingly known as The Learning Channel. But Steven and Roger Ham haven’t gone the reality show route (yet). Instead, they’ve opened their home and their lives to 15 kids in Phoenix, Arizona, where they’ve been working steadily to circumvent the state’s restrictive adoption laws.
After their initial marriage in 2007, actor Alan Cumming and graphic artist Grant Shaffer renewed their vows and devotion to one another in 2012. Cumming, who has starred in cult classics like Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, and more recent hits like The Good Wife, has said in the past that he doesn’t believe monogamy is feasible, but that he’d also like to have children with Shaffer.
Though always in the front of our minds as Miranda Hobbes from Sex and the City, Cynthia Nixon works tirelessly on screen and stage. Recognized recently for her roles as Nancy Reagan, Emily Dickinson, and even as a Hillary Clinton campaign volunteer on Broad City, Nixon married Christine Marinoni in 2012 after getting engaged at a rally to promote marriage equality three years earlier. The pair committed to the long engagement in solidarity, waiting until gay marriage was legalized in New York State to tie the knot.
When he isn’t playing the I-told-you-so-loving Mitchell Pritchett on ABC’s Modern Family, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, alongside husband Justin Mikita, is supporting worldwide LGBTQ equality with their organization, Tie the Knot. Originally started to aid in the fight for marriage equality in the United States, Tie the Knot now focuses on civil rights and all-encompassing equality for the LGBTQ community. Mikita, an attorney, also co-founded Hawkins Mikita, a company that pairs social causes with like-minded celebrities, with clients ranging from Cyndi Lauper to Christina Applegate.
Business and romantic partners Jim Burba and Bob Hayes have spent the better part of three decades together, with more than half that time being spent helming the Burba Hotel Network. BHN produces conferences for the hotel investment community, having drawn 90,000 delegates from 22 countries since 2000, feature films, and even a Broadway Musical. The pair met at a black-tie event for the Orange country Gay and Lesbian Center and, after an initial rejection, have spent the last 27 years intertwining their partnerships.
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Fashion legend Jenna Lyons has been a creative mind at J.Crew for 26 years, where she’s served as both president and creative director. As of this month, it’s been announced she’ll finally step down from the role, presumably to enjoy more time with her partner, Courtney Crangi, who runs a jewelry business with her brother Philip. The Crangis have repurposed guns off of the streets into wearable works of art, actively helping to end gun violence while maintaining a hard-edged sense of style.
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Though she lost New York City’s mayoral race in 2013, Christine Quinn has remained a social force to be reckoned with. A former City Council speaker, Quinn spent the time after her disheartening loss reflecting on and reevaluating her life and now serves as the chief executive of Win (formerly Women in Need). Quinn’s wife, media-averse lawyer Kim Catullo chairs the Products Liability Department of Gibbons P.C.
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Billionaire fashion mogul Michael Kors and husband Lance Lepere dated for more than 20 years before finally deciding to tie one another down. Kors has been a household name in fashion for decades, only made more ubiquitous by his scathing critiques on Project Runway. Lepere, who started as an intern for Kors, wed the designer barefoot on the beach in 2011.
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Designer duo Mark Badgley and James Mischka have been co-creating for nearly 30 years. Offering stylish daywear, chic evening gowns and iconic wedding dresses through their brand, Badgley Mischka, the pair has been praised by Vogue as one of the “Top 10 American Designers.” Having dressed the likes of Kelly Osbourne, Oprah and Helen Mirren, it’s not hard to see why. After meeting while studying together at Parsons School of Design, the couple launched their brand in 1988 and, in 2013, finally said their own “I do’s.”
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The stars of OUT's 2016 Love Portfolio give us some serious relationship envy—let’s face it, we watched the Olympics this year for one reason and one reason only, and that’s Daley’s swimwear. Not to mention that Black is a stunner himself, and the mastermind behind this year’s critically-acclaimed ABC drama about LGBTQ activists, When We Rise. On how quickly they knew each other was the one, DLB told OUT, “Did we start to fall in love at first sight? I believe so.”
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This couple needs no introduction—Ellen was last year’s OUT100 cover star and everyone’s favorite blue fish in the sea, while Portia continues to dazzle on Scandal and remains one of our fave characters on Arrested Development. According to the LA Times, the couple, known for their love of renovating and selling real estate, have reportedly just put their weekend retreat house on the market for a cool $45 million.
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Of course we all know about Sir Elton's music career. But with his husband, the filmmaker and producer David Furnish, with whom he has a son, Zachary, Elton John has funneled his celebrity and his passion into fighting AIDS through the Elton John Aids Foundation, raising $275 million to support HIV/AIDS prevention programs around the globe. The Atlanta-based artist also came out against Georgia's "Religious Freedom" bill in an open letter—and let's not forget the couple's astounding art collection.
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Daniels and Fisher met at the bar of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles, as we’ve previously reported in our 2015 Love Portfolio. Daniels’ latest project is the Fox musical drama Star, which he is a writer, director and executive producer on. Fisher, on the other hand, is a stylist—on dating such a public figure, he told OUT exclusively that “I’d fallen in love and that was it. I didn’t really need to question anything else.”
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Drew Elliott, Paper Magazine's creative consultant and a judge on cycle 22 of America's Next Top Model, has become a pioneering name in digital media, having developed the concept for Paper's viral #BreakTheInternet issue with Kim Kardashian. The creative director lives in New York City with his boyfriend, Christian Cowan, who's a rising young talent in the fashion industry, having dressed everyone from Lady Gaga to Paris Hilton.
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Actor Matt Bomer’s striking blue gaze could cast a spell on anyone, but has instead found its match with his husband since 2011, Slate PR co-founder Simon Halls. Through surrogacy, the couple has fathered three sons, Kit, Walker and Henry, and try to maintain a normal life despite Bomer’s massive fame (and pecs). Bomer’s played everything from Lady Gaga’s lover on American Horror Story to Ken the stripper in Magic Mike XXL—he’ll next take on the role of Cal in the upcoming drama Walking Out.
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Neil Patrick Harris has had quite the year with his turn as the notorious Count Olaf on Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, which the couple’s twins, Gideon and Harper, love, by the way. Burtka, meanwhile, is focusing these days on his passion of becoming a gourmet chef—though that doesn’t mean the pair didn’t find time to celebrate their 13th anniversary this month in style with their family in New York City.
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Actor Derrence Washington can sum up the incomparable passion he and his husband, Gawker founder Nick Denton, share in this quote from OUT's 2015 Love Portfolio: “He’s the realest dude I know. He saved my life, and then he changed my life.” Denton’s had a tough go of things since we last chatted with him—both he and Gawker have had to file for bankruptcy. It appears, however, that at least he’s reached a settlement and will emerge from court with a significant sum.
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What a pair. Fashion designer Thom Browne’s eye is unparalleled in the industry—his closing show at Paris Men’s Fashion week last summer is still one of the most playful on record. Bolton, meanwhile, is an inductee into the 2016 OUT100—his work as Head Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute has included the displays of iconic shows including the Alexander McQueen revue “Savage Beauty” and, more recently, the beautiful exploration of fashion and technology’s intersection, “Manus x Machina.”
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Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent have built an interior design brand as an out gay couple. The two were married in 2014 and currently reside in Los Angeles with their daughter, Poppy. Berkus has authored numerous books and released several lines of home decor products. Brent has designed numerous homes, businesses and public spaces across the country. Together, the couple/interior design duo recently launched a TLC show Nate & Jeremiah by Design, which follows their professional and personal lives.
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Dan Bucatinsky first caught our eye as writer, producer, and director of the gay romantic comedy, All Over the Guy. Since then, he’s gone on to work with Lisa Kudrow on producing The Comeback and Web Therapy, and has appeared on Scandal. In 2008, he married longtime partner Don Roos, known for writing such films as Single White Female and The Opposite of Sex. In 2012, Bucatinsky wrote a book about their family, Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? which is being adapted into the Shondaland series Show & Tell.
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Tom Ford is one of the most sought-after designers in the fashion industry, and has made a successful parlay into the film industry. Most recently, he wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning Nocturnal Animals. Richard Buckley has written for New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and W, and served as the editor-in-chief for Vogue Hommes International. When they first met 30 years ago, Buckley was the fashion editor of Women’s Wear Daily and Ford was a fashion assistant. In 2012, the couple announced the birth of their son, Alexander, and they were married in 2014.
Related | OUT100: Tom Ford, Artist of the Year
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Bill T Jones founded the Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in 1982 with his late partner, Zane. After Zane’s passing in 1988, Jones met Bjorn Amelan, a sculptor and designer. For 25 years, the two have shared a professional and personal relationship that breeds beauty in every way. Amelan currently serves as creative director of Jones’ dance company.
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Rob Marshall and John DeLuca met in 1982 while auditioning for the Off-Broadway musical, Boogie-Woogie Rumble of a Dream Deferred. After suffering an injury in Cats, Marshall went on to direct a few titles, including the film adaptations of Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha. Most recently, he’s been working on Mary Poppins Returns. DeLuca has worked right beside him as a producer on many of the same films.
Related | Out Of The Woods
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Denis O’Hare has built a career of powerful performances in some of our favorite shows, from True Blood to American Horror Story and most recently, This Is Us. In 2011, he married Hugo Redwood, an interior designer. The two adopted a son named Declan, and they all appeared together in the #HowWeFamily campaign from Tylenol.
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Contributing to the cultural shift of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Rupert Noffs and Matty Bennett opened their neon pink Thai eatery, Lucky Bee, in 2015 to an eclectic crowd of followers. With Bennett curating a seasonal menu to pique the most defined appetites and Noffs creating a funky yet warm design, they’ve carved a niche in the downtown restaurant scene. The two recently announced a second location opening this Memorial Day in the Hamptons.
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With seven children in total, you’d think this couple would have their hands full. But after a civil union ceremony in Illinois in 2013, they were inspired to take their family on the road for an “I Do” Marathon: tying the knot nine times in eight different states in just 10 days.
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Having been with one of the most prolific writers of the late-20th century for over two decades, Michael Carroll wrote Little Reef in 2014, a collection of short stories, some of them inspired by, and loosely based on, his relationship with White. Known for such seminal queer works such as The Joy of Gay Sex, Nocturnes for the King of Naples, A Boy’s Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, and his biography on Jean Genet, White has been an icon of the LGBTQ community for well over 40 years. The two met in 1995 and got married in 2013.
Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry were two of our favorite '90s ladies. Gilbert stole our heart as Darlene Conner on Roseanne while Perry gave us some of our favorite hits as lead singer of 4 Non Blondes. These days, Gilbert serves as a host on The Talk while Perry has written tracks for many of today’s most popular artists. The two were married in 2014 and had a son in 2015 named Rhodes.
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U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius and husband Clayton Bond may be the most prominent gay couple in the Southeast Asian country. Osius grew up in Annapolis, Maryland, joining the foreign service in 1989. He met Bond, who worked in the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, at a monthly business meeting of Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies. The couple later married in 2006 in Canada. In 2015, while on an official trip to Vietnam sponsored by the State Department's U.S. Speaker Program, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiated a vow renewal ceremony held in their Hanoi home.
Since 2000, Andre Barbe and Renaud Doucet have created numerous operas together. Set and costume designer, Barbe has designed more than 300 productions for theater, television,and opera. Stage director and choreographer, Doucet began his career as a solo ballet dancer. As a couple and a creative team, they’ve collaborated on productions of Cendrillon, The Sound of Music and Turandot.
One of the co-founders of Facebook, Hughes eventually worked for Obama’s 2008 campaign. In 2012, he married Sean Eldridge, political director of Freedom to Marry. Since then, Eldridge went on to run for congress and Hughes ran the DC-based political magazine, The New Republic. The couple recently bought a townhouse in the West Village of Manhattan.
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The Star Trek star has been blissfully married to his husband Brad Altman since 2008. The couple tied the knot in a traditional Japanese ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles after being together for 21 years. They were the first same-sex couple to apply for a marriage license in West Hollywood.
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Daytime television icon Sam Champion and Brazilian born artist Rubem Robierb married in a ceremony conducted by NY State Supreme Court Justice George J. Silver in 2012. “The great thing about our relationship is that it developed outside the noise of our professional worlds, without last names, without labels. It was just Sam and Rubem.” Rubem told OUT in 2013. These days, the pair are soaking up the sun living together in Miami.
Related | Play It Again, Sam: Sam Champion & Rubem Robierb
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Best known for being Lady Gaga's longtime stylist, Nicola Formichetti has more recently been focusing on his many jobs as Diesel's artistic director, Uniqlo's creative fashion director and Nicopanda's founder. Throughout his career, Formichetti has transformed countless subjects into global superstars, and his boyfriend Matt McMahon is among the newest contenders, modeling in Diesel ads and fashion editorials for magazines like V Man and Free.
Related | OUT100: Nicola Formichetti
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Life isn’t easy as America’s first openly gay mayor of a major city, but with her first lady Kathy Hubbard by her side, Annise Parker is changing politics for the better. Though her time in office ended in 2016, her election signified a moment in human rights history. Parker and Hubbard met in 1990 when Hubbard, a tax consultant, stopped by Parker’s bookstore searching for clients and the two married in Palm Springs in 2014. They have two daughters and a son, and their goddaughter lives with them.
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2017 is already off to a great start for this power couple. Last February, Robbie Rogers, a winger for the L.A. Galaxy, and Greg Berlanti, Golden Globe nominated writer, director and producer, welcomed a son named Caleb into the world. In addition, the couple is enjoying their fresh engagement, just announced on New Years Eve.
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Jann Wenner came under fire during the scandal surrounding Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” story. As the magazine’s co-founder and publisher, Wenner, who also owns Us Weekly and Men’s Journal, questioned the decision to print a full retraction and stood by the initial publishing of the story. He and his partner, designer Matt Nye, have been together since the '90s, raising three children.
Tig Notaro has endured more hardship than your average comedian, but her story doesn’t end in tragedy. After filming In a World together in 2012, Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allyne quickly fell in love and in January, welcomed twins into the world. “It blows our minds that our dream has been realized over the past nearly 3 years in the making,” wrote Notaro on Facebook after the birth of their children.
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The Big Bang Theory star came out after a profile in the New York Times described him as “gay and in a 10-year relationship.” Since then, he and graphic designer Todd Spiewak have gone increasingly public and even began a production company together, called That’s Wonderful Productions, LLC.
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