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This article provides a list of current and historical notable lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples. 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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- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
[edit] Current
[edit] Marriages
- See also: Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage is a term for a governmentally, socially, or religiously recognized marriage in which two people of the same sex live together as a family.[1] Proponents of same-sex marriage often use the term "equal marriage" to stress that they seek equality as opposed to special rights;[2] the term "equal marriage" has also been used by feminists to describe any marriage, regardless of the sex of the partners, in which the partners have equal status within the marriage.[3] Opponents argue that equating same-sex and opposite-sex marriage changes the meaning of marriage and its traditions.[4]
- Cheryl Jacques and Jennifer Chrisler (Massachusetts)[5]
- Rosie O'Donnell and Kelli Carpenter, later voided by the California Supreme Court[6]
- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the first same-sex couple married in San Francisco, following Mayor Gavin Newsom's executive order in 2004 (all San Francisco same-sex marriages were later voided by the California Supreme Court when it declared Newsom's unilateral action contravened the state constitution)[7]
- 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).[8]
- Michael Stark and Michael Leshner, first legal same-sex marriage in Canada.[9]
- Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf, first legal same-sex marriage in the Canadian province of Quebec.[10]
- Peter and Murray Corren, activists in the Canadian province of British Columbia.[11][12]
- Ann-Marie MacDonald and Alisa Palmer, Canadian writers.[13]
- Mark de Solla Price and Vinny Allegrini (Massachusetts).[14]
- Pierre Fitch and Ralph Woods, Canadian porn stars.[15]
- Sam Jensen Page and Bronson Page, an ex-porn star-turned-fitness trainer, and screenwriter (respectively)
- Robyn Ochs author/bisexual rights activist and Peg Preble on 17 May 2004 in Massachusetts[16]
- Ron Suresha author/bisexual rights activist and Rocco Russo in October 2004 Provincetown, Massachusetts.
[edit] Civil unions
- See also: civil union
- Axel Axgil and Eigil Axgil - World’s first “Registered Partnership” couple[17]
- Ben Bradshaw and Neal Dalgleish[18]
- Hugues Cuénod and Alfred Augustin - possibly one of the oldest couple to have a civil union
- Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi[19]
- Melissa Etheridge and Tammy Lynn Michaels[20]
- Stephen Gately and Andrew Cowles[21]
- Jean Paul Gautier and Pierre Bergé
- Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer [22]
- Darren Hayes and Richard Cullen[23]
- Elton John and David Furnish[24]
- Matt Lucas and Kevin McGee[25]
- Antony Sher and Gregory Doran[26]
- Clare Balding and Alice Arnold[27]
- John Barrowman and Scott Gill[28]
[edit] Dating
- Peter Frechette and David Warren.[29]
- Cherry Jones and Sarah Paulson.[30]
- Samuel Kensinger Francis and Bronson Page.[31]
- Mark Feehily and Kevin McDaid.[32][33]
- Sara Gilbert and Allison Adler [34]
- George Michael and Kenny Goss.[35][36]
- Armistead Maupin and Terry Anderson.[37][38]
- Alan Bennett and Rupert Thomas.[39]
- Mary Cheney and Heather Poe.[40]
- Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard [41]
- Larry Kramer and David Webster[42]
- David Hyde Pierce and Brian Hargrove [43]
- Richard Chamberlain and Martin Rabbett[44]
- Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner (since ca 1972).[45]
- George Takei and Brad Altman
[edit] Parted couples
- Lance Bass and Reichen Lehmkuhl.[46]
- Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche.[47]
- Melissa Etheridge and Julie Cypher.[48][49]
- Danny Roberts and Paul Dill.[50]
- Portia de Rossi and Francesca Gregorini [51]
- Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson.[52][53]
- Sandi Toksvig and Alice Arnold.[54]
[edit] Historical
- Khnumhotep & Niankhkhnum[55] (speculated to be the first recorded same-sex couple in history)
- Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Metrobius[56]
- Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein[57]
- Hildegarde and Anna Sosenko[58]
- Edgar de Evia and Robert Denning[59]
- Robert Denning and Vincent Fourcade[60]
- Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby)[61]
- Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland[62]
- Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky[63]
- Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears[64]
- Robert de Niro, Sr. and Robert Duncan [65]
- Mazo de la Roche and Caroline Clement
- Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Forwood[66]
- 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 Tolson.[67]
- 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.[68][69]
- Paul Cadmus and Jon Andersson
- W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
- Lou Harrison and William Colvig
- Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy.[70]
- 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[71]
- Jack Larson and Jim Bridges[72]
- Jack Larson and Montgomery Clift[73]
- Radclyffe Hall and Una Troubridge.[74][75]
- Noël Coward and Graham Payn[76]
- 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 Hephaistion
- Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell.[77][78]
- Cary Grant and Randolph Scott.[79][80]
- 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.[81]
- Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud
- Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter
- Susan Sontag and Annie Liebovitz[82]
- Asopichus and Epaminondas[83]
- John Maynard Keynes and Duncan Grant.[84]
- Federico Garcia Lorca and Phillip Cummings.[85]
- Cyrano de Bergerac and Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy
[edit] References
[edit] General
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ same-sex marriage defined. WordNet - Princeton University. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples. Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell.
- ^ Same-Sex Marriage is a Feminist Issue. National Organization for Women (17 May 2004). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ Austin Cline. Arguments Against Gay Marriage: Marriage is a Sacred Religious Sacrament. About.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
- ^ "Two Mommies or Two Daddies Will Do Fine, Thanks" (Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006) By JENNIFER CHRISLER
- ^ Rosie O'Donnell weds longtime girlfriend
- ^ Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Make History Again
- ^ Dooley, Emily (18 May 2004). Crowds line up to make history. Cape Cod Times. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ Frank, Steven, "Michael Stark and Michael Leshner," Time, Canadian Edition, December 29, 2003/January 5, 2004, pp. 60-61.
- ^ Longtime male partners marry in first Quebec gay ceremony
- ^ Andrew 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
- ^ Cole, Susan G. (2003). Ann-Marie MacDonald. Now Toronto. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
- ^ Price, Mark de Solla (Feb/Mar 2001). Liver Lovers. POZ. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
- ^ Porn stars Pierre Fitch and Ralph Woods. Skin Index (15 January 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ A Carefully Considered Rush to the Altar
- ^ "Eigil Axgil, Danish Gay Leader, 71" (September 28, 1995)
- ^ Minister announces gay 'wedding'
- ^ Ellen DeGeneres rosy with Portia De Rossi
- ^ "Melissa Etheridge and Partner Tammy Lynn Michaels Have Twins" (Saturday, October 21, 2006)
- ^ News in Brief
- ^ E! - Planet Gossip Blog - Alan and Grant's First Photo! - Ian McKellen | Geri Halliwell | Rufus Wainwright | Kate Winslet
- ^ Australian singer weds same-sex partner, ABC News, July 18, 2006. Retrieved 05-04-2007.
- ^ Stars pack Elton 'wedding' party
- ^ "Matt Lucas: Pride and prejudice" By Brian Viner (16 December 2006)
- ^ Registrar says 'I won't' to gay weddings and sues council over ceremonies which offend her religious beliefs
- ^ Balding's big walk for cancer charity
- ^ Torchwood star's civil ceremony
- ^ Lipton, Brian Scott (August 13, 2003), “Mr. Warren's Profession”, TheaterMania, <http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/3780>. Retrieved on 31 October 2007
- ^ AfterEllen.com Sarah Paulson
- ^ Sam Page. About Sam (Website) (English). Same Page Fitness. Retrieved on 2008-01-20.
- ^ The Sun. Mark: I'm so glad I came out (Website) (English). The Sun. Retrieved on 2007-12-22.
- ^ Westlife singer reveals 'I'm gay', BBC News Online, 19 August 2005
- ^ Sara Gilbert and partner welcome second child : Celebrity Baby Blog
- ^ University of North Texas North Texan Online Fall 2003: Cheerleader feedback
- ^ Kenny
- ^ Remarks for the Closing Ceremonies of the Gay Games IV, Yankee Stadium, June 25, 1994
- ^ Armistead Maupin at the National AIDS Memorial Grove, located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
- ^ Carey, John (7 October 2005), “Untold Stories by Alan Bennett”, Times Online, <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,23113-1801656,00.html>. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
- ^ Argetsinger, Amy; Roberts, Roxanne. (6 December 2006) Mary Cheney and Partner Are About to Be Moms The Washington Post. Accessed 28 May 2007.
- ^ The day Jodie came out (and became the accused) - Features - Belfast Telegraph
- ^ France, David (11 June 2001), “"The Angry Prophet Is Dying"t”, Newsweek: 43
- ^ David Hyde Pierce joins list of out gay actors | AfterElton.com
- ^ Bernstein, Fred (13 July 2003), “A Night Out With/Richard Chamberlain; A Couple Make a Debut”, New York Times, <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E6D8113DF930A25754C0A9659C8B63>. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
- ^ Shulman, Randy (2006-04-27), “Lily Tomlin - The actress discusses her career, her upcoming show at Bethesda's Strathmore, and life with her partner Jane Wagner”, Metro Weekly, <http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2088>. Retrieved on 3 July 2007
- ^ No Privacy for Lance Bass at Gay Bar. ABC News (July 14, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
- ^ Rosario Santiago (8 January 2008), “'Men in Trees' Star's Ex-Husband Wants More Money”, BuddyTV, <http://www.buddytv.com/articles/men-in-trees/men-in-trees-stars-exhusband-w-15464.aspx>. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
- ^ "Profiles of Melissa Etheridge, Margaret Cho". CNN People in the News. May 24, 2003. Season and episode numbers unknown.
- ^ Dobras, Allan (October 4, 2001). "‘Gay’ Singer Elton John Admits Attraction to Women" CWFA.org. Retrieved August 27, 2007
- ^ “MTV reality stars explore depth of military's controversial 'don't ask, don't tell' policy to SU audience”, The Daily Orange, 2 December 2005, <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>. Retrieved on 20 January 2008
- ^ Matt & Andrej Koymasky - Famous GLTB - Francesca Gregorini
- ^ 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
- ^ Balding finally steps out with lesbian lover
- ^ Geller and Sockett, op.cit., pp.96ff.
- ^ Plutarch: Sulla, Sect 36. Gutenberg English Trans: Aubrey Stewart & George Long. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14114
- ^ Alice B. Toklas Life Stories, Books, & Links
- ^ Windy City Times - Media Watch
- ^ Mitchell Owens, "Robert Denning, Champion of Lavish Décor, The New York Times, 5 September 2005, page B7
- ^ Robert Denning, 78, Champion of Lavish Décor, Is Dead - New York Times
- ^ Ladies of Llangollen
- ^ Sylvia Townsend Warner Society Biography
- ^ Peter Orlovsky - bio and links
- ^ Britten Snapshot - brittenpears.org
- ^ artnet.com Magazine News - Celebrity Art
- ^ Fyne Times Gay and Lesbian Magazine, UK
- ^ Carter, David (2004). Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. St. Martin's Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Murphy, Mary. "With Raymond Burr During His Final Battle." TV Guide, 25 September 1993, pp. 34-43
- ^ [www.raymondburrvineyards.com Raymond Burr Vineyards website]
- ^ Daniel Curzon: Remembering Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. In: Harrington Gay Men's Fiction Quarterly. Volume 6 (2004), Issue 1
- ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Staging Mossman's tragic story
- ^ Stern, Keith (2006), Queers in History, p. 64, ISBN 1847283489
- ^ Montgomery Clift
- ^ Notes from the Butch-Femme Portal
- ^ Stone Femme Article
- ^ Graham Payn, My Life With Noel Coward,1994.
- ^ Prick Up Your Ears: The biography of Joe Orton, John Lahr, Allen Lane, 1978
- ^ The Orton Diaries, Ed. John Lahr, Methuen, 1986
- ^ Nott, Robert. The Films of Randolph Scott. Jefferson, NC, and London. McFarland Press, 2004.
- ^ Blackwell, Richard (1995). From rags to bitches : an autobiography. Los Angeles: General Publishing Group. ISBN 1881649571.
- ^ Liberace: The 1980's
- ^ On Self - New York Times
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- ^ John Maynard Keynes
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