List of same-sex married couples
This is a list of legally married same-sex couples.
Female[]
Presently married[]
- Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro, American comedian (m. October 2015)[1][2][3][4]
- Alison Balian and Saffron Burrows, English actress (m. 2013)[5]
- Meredith Baxter, American actress and producer, and Nancy Locke (m. 2013)[6]
- Lauren Blitzer and Chely Wright, American country music artist (m. August 2011)[7][8]
- Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito, American stand up comedians and creator-stars of Seeso's Take My Wife (m. December 2015)[9]
- Bridgett Casteen and Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete (m. December 2013)[10]
- Tristin Chapman and Emily Saliers, member of the Indigo Girls (m. 2013)[11]
- Monica Coleman, hotelier, and Kate Pierson, member of the B-52's (m. August 2015)[12]
- Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian and television show host, and Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress (m. 2008)[13][14]
- Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, and Linda Wallem, American actress (m. May 2014)[15]
- Jodie Foster, American actress and director, and Alexandra Hedison, American photographer and actress (m. April 2014)[16][17]
- Sara Gilbert, American actress, and Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter (m. April 2014)[18]
- Sarah Huffman and Abby Wambach, both American professional soccer players (m. October 2013)[19]
- Jónína Leósdóttir, novelist, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland (m. 2010)[20]
- Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nixon, American actress (m. 2012)[21][22]
- Christine C. Quinn, former New York City Council Speaker and Kim Catullo, lawyer (m.2012)[23]
- Alex Sykes and Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress (m. October 2008)[24]
- Lily Tomlin, American actress, and Jane Wagner, American writer and producer (m. December 2013)[25][26]
Divorced[]
- Marianne Dupon and Yasmine, Belgian singer (m. 2003)
- Allison Mack, American actress, and Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress (m. 2017 and d. 2020)[27][28][29][a]
Widowed[]
- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, feminist and gay-rights activists who were married in 2004 (but were voided by the state) and then remarried in June 2008 (Martin died two months later)
Male[]
Presently married[]
- Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan (m. September 2008)[31]
- Brad Altman and George Takei, Japanese-American actor and activist, (m. 2008)[32]
- John Barrowman and Scott Gill (m. March 2013)[33]
- Lance Bass and Michael Turchin (m. December 2014)[34]
- Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent (m. 2014)[35]
- Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Gauthier Destenay, Belgian architect (m. 15 May 2015)[36]
- Matt Bomer and Simon Halls (m. 2011)[37][38]
- Casey Breves and Sam Tsui (m. 2016)[39]
- Richard Buckley and Tom Ford (m. 2014)[40]
- David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris (m. September 2014)[41][42][43]
- Pete Buttigieg, American politician, and Chasten Buttigieg, American schoolteacher and writer (m. 2018)[44]
- Mario Cantone and Jerry Dixon (m. 2011)[45]
- Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer (m. January 2012)[46]
- Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black (m. May 2017)[47]
- Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton (m. July 2015)[48][49][50]
- Thomas Dekker and Jesse Haddock, actors (m. 2017)[51]
- P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, filmmakers (m. 2008)
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita (m. 2013)[52]
- Barney Frank, former member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and James Ready (m. 2012)[53]
- Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer (m. January 2015)[54]
- David Furnish and Elton John (m. December 2014)[55][56][57]
- Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard (m. 2008)[58]
- Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and lawyer, and David Miranda, Brazilian politician (m. 2005)[59]
- Sean Hayes and Scott Icenogle (m. November 2014)[60]
- Axel Hirsoux, Belgian singer, is married to a man[61]
- Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Landau (m. September 2014)[62]
- Garry Kief and Barry Manilow (m. 2014)[63]
- T. R. Knight and Patrick Leahy (m. October 2013)[64][65]
- Michael Kors and Lance LePere (m. August 2011)[66][67]
- Sean Patrick Maloney, United States Member of the House of Representatives and Randy Florke (m.2014) [68]
- David Miller and Ryan Murphy (m. 2012)[69]
- Jim Parsons, star of The Big Bang Theory, and Todd Spiewak (m. 2017)[70]
- Dave Rubin, American political commentator, and David Janet (m. 2015)[71]
Not Married Couple, Not Married[]
- Andrew Rannells, actor and Tuc Watkins, actor (2018)[72]
Divorced[]
- Mark Andrew and Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal Church (m. 2008–2014)[73]
Widowed[]
- Brian Bedford, actor, and Tim MacDonald (m.2013-2016, Bedford's death)
- Stan Cadwallader and Jim Nabors, actor and singer (m. 2013–2017, Nabors' death)
- Otis Charles, bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Felipe Sanchez-Paris (m. 2008–2013, Sanchez-Paris's death)[74][75]
Notes[]
- ^ The marriage was alleged to have been a sham marriage to evade United States immigration laws, and became public knowledge the following year during legal proceedings on the criminal conspiracy and racketeering charges related to Mack's involvement with the inner circle of NXIVM, a pyramid scheme widely described as a cult whose inner circle secretly operated as a sex-trafficking crime-ring.[30]
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