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Not long ago, it would have been a struggle to verb sapphic celebrity couples for this listicle. However, there&#;s been so much progress and it truly feels like such a privilege that I get to be alive during a time when queer noun can be celebrated on the red carpet and in the mainstream. Of course, with anti-LGBTQIA abuse on the rise, there is still so much work that needs to be done beyond visibility. With all that said, these are some of the celebrity lez/bi and queer couples who are loving out loud and proud.
Hayley Kiyoko and Becca Tilley
Kicking things off with Lesbian Jesus herself, Hayley Kiyoko, and her girlfriend Becca Tilley. The two mastered the soft/hard launch when Hayley released the music video for her song, for the girls, which Becca had a cameo in. Shortly after the video premiered both of these heartthrobs took to Instagram to officially confirm their four-year-long relationship. And ever since, Hayley and Becca have been the WLW gift that keeps on giving.
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Ashlyn Harris &#; Sophia Bush
Longtime friends Ashlyn Harris and Sophia Bush started dating in fall after they both filed for divorce from their respective partners.
In a essay for Glamour, in which she came out as queer, Bush talked about bonding with Harris over issues in their relationships. &#;I didn’t expect to find like in this support system,&#; Bush wrote. &#;I don’t know how else to say it other than: I didn’t see it until I saw it.&#;
Harris and Bush have been loud and proud about their love ever since.
Jessica Betts &#; Niecy Nash-Betts
Niecy Nash surprised her fans when she married singer-songwriter Jessica Betts in But the Claws star wouldn&#;t describe her marriage as a &#;coming out of anywhere,&#; but a &#;going into&#; herself situation, she told People.
&#;I was not suppressing my sexuality my whole life,&#; she said to the media outlet after the wedding. &#;I love who I verb. At one point in my life, I married twice [Don Nash, Jay Tucker] and I treasure those
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Hollywood's Gay Noun Couples: Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, More
Love is love! Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, Elton John and David Furnish, and more famous queer couples have lived out their fairy-tale romances in the public eye. The American Horror Story actress was first linked to Taylor in , and the pair have been going strong ever since. In January , Paulson opened up about how her relationship with the Two and a Half Men alum began. "We met a very, very drawn-out time ago," Paulson said on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, joking that Taylor slid into her DMs. "I was with someone else and then there was, like, a Twitter thing that happened. We were doing a thing at Martha Plimpton's house, it was for an organization that she was operational with, and we were both doing a PSA for it. We sort of breezed by one another and started following each other on Twitter." Since taking her relatio
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Some LGBTQ+ couples in Hollywood have been together for decades.
Elton John and David Furnish have been together for 30 years.
Both Matt Bomer and George Takei came out publicly after years of dating their significant others.
In the pre-Obergefell times, actors, musicians, and TV personalities often risked their careers by coming out as LGBTQ+, hiding their longtime same-sex partners to protect them from public scrutiny.
But in the end, love perseveres.
As we mark Pride month, these 20 famous LGBTQ+ couples show how even under changing societal norms and in the limelight of fame, love always wins.
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
In the early '70s, actress Tomlin reached out to writer Wagner to verb help with a character she was playing. Their meeting was love at first sight, Tomlin said.