List of LGBT couples

This article provides a list of current and historical notable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) . Modern LGBT couples use many terms to describe their relationship as "marriage" for LGBT people is legal only in a minority of countries and terms such "gender-neutral marriage," "equal marriage," "civil union", "same-gender marriage" and others do not fully address the complexities of their relationship or the changing legal aspects that are presently occurring.

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Modern

Marriages

* Cheryl Jacques and Jennifer Chrisler (Massachusetts) [ [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1569797,00.html "Two Mommies or Two Daddies Will Do Fine, Thanks"] (Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006) By JENNIFER CHRISLER]
* Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter, later voided by the California Supreme Court [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-02/27/content_309928.htm Rosie O'Donnell weds longtime girlfriend] ]
* Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the first same-sex couple married in San Francisco - later voided by the California Supreme Court. [ [http://www.now.org/issues/lgbi/021304lyon-martin.html Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Make History Again] ] Later remarried in 2008.
* Christopher McCary and Michael John Sullivan from Anniston, Alabama (the first same-sex couple married in Provincetown, Massachusetts and reported as the first same-sex out-of-state couple married in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004) [cite web
last=Dooley
first=Emily
title=Crowds line up to make history
publisher=Cape Cod Times
date=18 May 2004
url=http://archive.capecodonline.com/special/gaymarriage/crowdsline18.htm
accessdate=2008-01-20 ]
* Armistead Maupin and Christopher Turner [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6435454.html]
* Michael Stark and Michael Leshner, first legal same-sex marriage in Canada. [Frank, Steven, "Michael Stark and Michael Leshner," "Time", Canadian Edition, December 29, 2003/January 5, 2004, pp. 60-61.]
* Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf, first legal same-sex marriage in the Canadian province of Quebec. [ [http://www.expressgaynews.com/print.cfm?content_id=182 Longtime male partners marry in first Quebec gay ceremony] ]
* Peter and Murray Corren, activists in the Canadian province of British ColumbiaAndrew Chung, "B.C. appeal court lifts ban on gay unions", "Toronto Star" May 2, 2003, A06.] Sue Bailey, "Same-sex marriage divides Canadians; there are equally passionate views of both sides," "London Free Press", May 19, 2003, p. C12]
* Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer, Canadian writers [cite web
last=Cole
first=Susan G.
title=Ann-Marie MacDonald
publisher=Now Toronto
year=2003
url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2003-09-25/cover_story.php
accessdate=2007-09-07 ]
* Mark de Solla Price and Vinny Allegrini (Massachusetts)cite web |url=http://www.poz.com/articles/186_7120.shtml |title=Liver Lovers |date=February/March 2001 |work=POZ |accessdate=2007-07-16 |last=Price |first=Mark de Solla]
* Pierre Fitch and Ralph Woods, Canadian porn stars [cite web
title=Porn stars Pierre Fitch and Ralph Woods
publisher=Skin Index
date=15 January 2007
url=http://www.skinindex.com/gay/archives/2006/01/15/
accessdate=2008-01-20 ]
* Sam Jensen Page and Bronson Page, an ex-porn star-turned-fitness trainer, and screenwriter
* Robyn Ochs (author/bisexual rights activist) and Peg Preble on 17 May 2004 in Massachusetts [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34665-2004May17.html A Carefully Considered Rush to the Altar] ]
* Ron Suresha (author/bisexual rights activist) and Rocco Russo in October 2004 Provincetown, Massachusetts
* George Takei and Brad Altman
* Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi [ [http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22674318-5012990,00.html?from=mostpop Ellen DeGeneres rosy with Portia De Rossi] ]

Civil unions and partnerships

* Axel Axgil and Eigil Axgil - World’s first “Registered Partnership” couple [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4D7163DF93BA1575AC0A963958260 "Eigil Axgil, Danish Gay Leader, 71"] (September 28, 1995)]
* Ben Bradshaw and Neal Dalgleish [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4786378.stm Minister announces gay 'wedding'] ]
* Hugues Cuénod and Alfred Augustin>
* Alan Duncan and James Dunseath (2008)
* Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,223258,00.html "Melissa Etheridge and Partner Tammy Lynn Michaels Have Twins"] (Saturday, October 21, 2006)]
* Stephen Gately and Andrew Cowles [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article743119.ece News in Brief] ]
* Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer [ [http://www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/blog/index.jsp?uuid=201cfd33-a9fb-4a75-a06b-e5814e7ecdf7 E! - Planet Gossip Blog - Alan and Grant's First Photo! - Ian McKellen | Geri Halliwell | Rufus Wainwright | Kate Winslet ] ]
* Darren Hayes and Richard Cullen [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1689805.htm Australian singer weds same-sex partner] , ABC News, July 18, 2006. Retrieved 05-04-2007. ]
* Elton John and David Furnish [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4546670.stm Stars pack Elton 'wedding' party] ]
* Antony Sher and Gregory Doran [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23430927-details/Registrar%20says%20'I%20won't'%20to%20gay%20weddings%20and%20sues%20council%20over%20ceremonies%20which%20offend%20her%20religious%20beliefs/article.do Registrar says 'I won't' to gay weddings and sues council over ceremonies which offend her religious beliefs] ]
* Dan Butler and Richard Waterhouse [ [http://www.glbtq.com/arts/butler_d,2.html glbtq >> arts >> Butler, Dan ] ]
* Clare Balding and Alice Arnold [ [http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3737.html Balding's big walk for cancer charity] ]
* John Barrowman and Scott Gill [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6212729.stm Torchwood star's civil ceremony] ]

Long-term partners

* Peter Frechette and David Warrencitation |last=Lipton |first=Brian Scott |date=August 13, 2003 |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/3780 |title=Mr. Warren's Profession |periodical=TheaterMania |accessdate=2007-10-31]
* Cherry Jones and Sarah Paulson [AfterEllen.com [http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/6/sarahpaulson.html Sarah Paulson] ]
* Samuel Kensinger Francis and Bronson Page [cite web
url = http://web.mac.com/sam.page/sampagefitness/about_sam.html/
title = About Sam
publisher = Same Page Fitness
language = English
author = Sam Page
format = Website
accessdate=2008-01-20 ]
* Heather Matarazzo and Carolyn Murphy [cite web|url= http://www.afterellen.com/people/2008/8/matarazzo-engaged|title= Heather Matarazzo Officially Engaged to Carolyn Murphy|accessdate= 2008-08-07|author= Sarah Warn|date= 2008-08-01|publisher= AfterEllen.com]

* Mark Feehily and Kevin McDaid [cite web
url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/celeb_interviews/article443424.ece
title = Mark: I'm so glad I came out
publisher = The Sun
language = English
author = The Sun
format = Website
accessdate=2007-12-22 ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4166046.stm Westlife singer reveals 'I'm gay'] , BBC News Online, 19 August 2005]
* Sara Gilbert and Allison Adler [ [http://www.celebrity-babies.com/2007/08/sara-gilbert-an.html Sara Gilbert and partner welcome second child : Celebrity Baby Blog ] ]
* George Michael and Kenny Goss [ [http://www.unt.edu/northtexan/archives/f03/cheerextrafb.htm University of North Texas North Texan Online Fall 2003: Cheerleader feedback ] ] [ [http://www.home.no/cheznobby/id50.htm Kenny ] ]
* Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson [http://www.usmagazine.com/news/lindsay-lohan-ive-been-with-samantha-ronson-a-very-long-time]
* Stephen Fry and Daniel Cohen [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/sep/24/foodanddrink.features6 Vincent Graff meets Stephen Fry | Life and style | The Observer ] ]
* Domenico Dolce and Stefano GabbanaFact|date=August 2008
* Alan Bennett and Rupert Thomas [Citation
last=Carey
first=John
title=Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
newspaper =Times Online
date=7 October 2005
accessdate=2008-01-20
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23113-1801656,00.html ]
* Mary Cheney and Heather PoeArgetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne. (6 December 2006) [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501712_pf.html Mary Cheney and Partner Are About to Be Moms] "The Washington Post". Accessed 28 May 2007.]
* Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard [ [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/article3247737.ece The day Jodie came out (and became the accused) - Features - Belfast Telegraph ] ]
* Larry Kramer and David Webster [Citation
last=France
first=David
title="The Angry Prophet Is Dying"
newspaper =Newsweek: 43
date=11 June 2001]
* David Hyde Pierce and Brian Hargrove [ [http://www.afterelton.com/people/2007/5/davidhydepierce David Hyde Pierce joins list of out gay actors | AfterElton.com ] ]
* Richard Chamberlain and Martin Rabbett [Citation
last=Bernstein
first=Fred
title=A Night Out With/Richard Chamberlain; A Couple Make a Debut
newspaper =New York Times
date=13 July 2003
accessdate=2008-01-20
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E6D8113DF930A25754C0A9659C8B63 ]
* Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner (since ca 1972) [Citation
last=Shulman
first=Randy
title=Lily Tomlin - The actress discusses her career, her upcoming show at Bethesda's Strathmore, and life with her partner Jane Wagner
newspaper =Metro Weekly
date=2006-04-27
accessdate=2007-07-03
url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2088 ]
* Peter I. Chang and Mitch Cullin [ [http://www.redroom.com/author/mitch-cullin/bio Cullin bio on Red Room] ]

Famous couples that have separated

* Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhlcite web|date=July 14 2006|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2189570&page=1|title=No Privacy for Lance Bass at Gay Bar|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=2006-07-28]
* Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche [Citation
author=Rosario Santiago
title='Men in Trees' Star's Ex-Husband Wants More Money
newspaper = BuddyTV
date=8 January 2008
accessdate=2008-01-20
url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/men-in-trees/men-in-trees-stars-exhusband-w-15464.aspx]
* Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0305/24/pitn.00.html "Profiles of Melissa Etheridge, Margaret Cho"] . "CNN People in the News". May 24, 2003. Season and episode numbers unknown. ] [Dobras, Allan (October 4, 2001). [http://www.cwfa.org/articles/237/CFI/cfreport/index.htm "‘Gay’ Singer Elton John Admits Attraction to Women"] CWFA.org. Retrieved August 27, 2007]
* Danny Roberts and Paul Dill [Citation
title=MTV reality stars explore depth of military's controversial 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to SU audience
newspaper =The Daily Orange
date=2 December 2005
accessdate=2008-01-20
url=http://media.www.dailyorange.com/media/storage/paper522/news/2005/12/02/Pulp/Mtv-Reality.Stars.Explore.Depth.Of.Militarys.Controversial.dont.Ask.Dont.Tell.Po-1119220.shtml ]
* Portia de Rossi and Francesca Gregorini [ [http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biog3/greg2.html Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Francesca Gregorini ] ]
* Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson ["Love Match: Nelson vs. Navratilova" by Sandra Faulkner with Judy Nelson, 1993, Carol Publishing Corporation, ISBN 978-1559721578] ["Choices: My Journey After Leaving my Husband for Martina and a Lesbian Life" by Judy Hill Nelson, 1996, Carol Publishing Corporation, ISBN 978-1559723282]
* Ian McKellen and Sean Mathias [ [http://www.mckellen.com/life/per.htm Sir Ian McKellen Personal Bio ] ]
* Sandi Toksvig and Alice Arnold [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405769&in_page_id=1770 Balding finally steps out with lesbian lover] ]
* Matt Lucas and Kevin McGee [ [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2079317.ece "Matt Lucas: Pride and prejudice"] By Brian Viner (16 December 2006)] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7461266.stm Matt Lucas splits up with partner, BBC News, 18 June 2008] ]
* Kristanna Loken and Michelle Rodriguez [Kort, Michele. [http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid39431.asp Michelle & Kristanna in love!"] , "The Advocate", 15 November 2006.]

Historical same-sex couples

* Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum [Geller and Sockett, "op.cit.", pp.96ff.]
* Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Metrobius [Plutarch: Sulla, Sect 36. Gutenberg English Trans: Aubrey Stewart & George Long. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14114]
* Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein [ [http://www.todayinliterature.com/biography/alice.b.toklas.asp Alice B. Toklas Life Stories, Books, & Links ] ]
* Hildegarde and Anna Sosenko [ [http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9192 Windy City Times - Media Watch ] ]
* Edgar de Evia and Robert Denning [Mitchell Owens, "Robert Denning, Champion of Lavish Décor," The New York Times, 5 September 2005, page B7]
* Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/arts/design/05denning.html Robert Denning, 78, Champion of Lavish Décor, Is Dead - New York Times ] ]
* Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby) [ [http://www.f-n-f.net/Ladies-of-Llangollen.htm Ladies of Llangollen] ]
* Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland [ [http://www.townsendwarner.com/biography.htm Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Biography] ]
* Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky [ [http://www.beatmuseum.org/orlovsky/peterorlovsky.html Peter Orlovsky - bio and links ] ]
* Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears [ [http://www.brittenpears.org/?page=britten Britten Snapshot - brittenpears.org ] ]
* Robert de Niro, Sr. and Robert Duncan [ [http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/jones/jones4-12-04.asp artnet.com Magazine News - Celebrity Art ] ]
* Mazo de la Roche and Caroline Clement
* Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Forwood [ [http://www.fyne.co.uk/index.php?item=362 Fyne Times Gay and Lesbian Magazine, UK ] ]
* Edith Hamilton and Doris Fielding Reid
* Romaine Brooks and Natalie Barney
* George Nader and Mark Miller
* Mary Woolley and Jeannette Marks
* J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolsoncite web
last=Carter
first=David
authorlink=
coauthors=
title=Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution
publisher=St. Martin's Press
year=2004
url =http://books.google.com/books?id=NyXjsB94E0QC&pg=PA94&dq=%22J.+Edgar+Hoover%22+%22Clyde+Tolson%22+homosexual&sig=ojACX8KqohlJSd2MyMoa2hd6wIc
accessdate=2008-01-22]
* J. C. Leyendecker and Charles Beach
* Mary Renault and Julie Mullard
* William Haines and Jimmie Shields
* George Edward Kelly and William Weagly
* Ismail Merchant and James Ivory
* John Gielgud and Martin Hensler
* Marguerite Yourcenar and Grace Frick
* Rosa Bonheur and Natalie Micas
* Willa Cather and Edith Lewis
* Edward Carpenter and George Merrill
* Timothy Findley and Bill Whitehead
* Janet Flanner and Natalia Danesi Murray
* Raymond Burr and Robert Benevides [Murphy, Mary. "With Raymond Burr During His Final Battle." TV Guide, 25 September 1993, pp. 34-43] [ [www.raymondburrvineyards.com Raymond Burr Vineyards website] ]
* Paul Cadmus and Jon Andersson
* W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
* Lou Harrison and William Colvig
* Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy [Daniel Curzon: Remembering Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. In: Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly. Volume 6 (2004), Issue 1]
* Charlotte Whitton and Margaret Grier
* Michelangelo and Tommaso dei Cavalieri
* Leonardo da Vinci and Giacomo Caprotti
* John Schlesinger and Michael Childers
* Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti
* James Mossman and Louis Hanson [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6385841.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Staging Mossman's tragic story ] ]
* Jack Larson and Jim Bridgescitation |title=Queers in History |first=Keith |last=Stern |year=2006 |isbn=1847283489 |page=64 |authorlink=Keith Stern]
* Jack Larson and Montgomery Clift [ [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?spid=35646&apid=114490 Montgomery Clift ] ]
* Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge [ [http://www.butch-femme.com/portal2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=87 Notes from the Butch-Femme Portal] ] [ [http://www.stonefemme.com/FemmeMagazine/Archives/Feb00/feature1.htm Stone Femme Article] ]
* Noël Coward and Graham Payn [Graham Payn, "My Life With Noel Coward",1994.]
* Noël Coward and Jack Wilson
* W. Somerset Maugham and Gerald Haxton
* W. Somerset Maugham and Alan Searle
* Francis Poulenc and Pierre Bernac
* Francis Poulenc and Richard Chanelaire
* Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet
* Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais
* Nigel Hawthorne and Trevor Bentham
* James Buchanan and William Rufus Devane King
* Graham Chapman and David Sherlock
* Alexander the Great and Hephaestion
* Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell. ["Prick Up Your Ears: The biography of Joe Orton", John Lahr, Allen Lane, 1978] ["The Orton Diaries", Ed. John Lahr, Methuen, 1986]
* Cary Grant and Randolph ScottNott, Robert. "The Films of Randolph Scott." Jefferson, NC, and London. McFarland Press, 2004.] [cite book |last=Blackwell |first=Richard |title=From rags to bitches : an autobiography |location=Los Angeles |publisher=General Publishing Group |year=1995 |isbn=1881649571]
* Edward II and Piers Gaveston
* Tennessee Williams and Frankie Merlo
* James Charles Stuart - VI of Scotland and I of England and George Villiers
* Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle
* Lawrence Olivier and Danny Kaye
* Angelina Weld Grimke and Mamie Burrill
* Hadrian and Antinous
* T. E. Lawrence and Dahoum
* Sergei Diaghilev and Vaslav Nijinsky
* Rock Hudson and Marc Christian
* John Treville Latouche and Kenward Elmslie
* Liberace and Scott Thorson [ [http://www.bobsliberace.com/decades/1980s/1980s.html Liberace: The 1980's ] ]
* Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud
* Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter
* Susan Sontag and Annie Liebovitz [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/magazine/10sontag.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all On Self - New York Times ] ]
* Asopichus and Epaminondas [ [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/athenaeus13.html Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists XIII ] ]
* John Maynard Keynes and Duncan Grant [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/248/000024176/ John Maynard Keynes ] ]
* Federico Garcia Lorca and Phillip Cummings. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=tbvdmUB32gQC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=federico+garcia+lorca+and+phillip+cummings&source=web&ots=DH1lmi3Z8g&sig=YWEzWFBvtFBrJgn2Y3QYYqsUmtI] ]
* Cyrano de Bergerac and Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

ee also

* Domestic partnership
*
* Registered partnership
* Timeline of same-sex marriage
* Same-sex relationships

References

General

* [http://www.buddybuddy.com/famous.html Famous Same-Sex Couples]

Footnotes