This is a list of legally married same-sex couples.

Female

Presently married

* Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro, American comedian (m. October 2015) * Meredith Baxter, American actress and producer, and Nancy Locke (m. 2013) * Lauren Blitzer and Chely Wright, American country music artist (m. August 2011) * Bridgett Casteen and Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete (m. December 2013) * Tristin Chapman and Emily Saliers, member of the

Indigo Girls Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The two met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part o ...

(m. 2013) *

Amy Ray Amy Elizabeth Ray (born April 12, 1964) is an American alto singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released six albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemo ...

and Carrie Schrader (m. 2014) * Monica Coleman, hotelier, and Kate Pierson, member of The B-52's (m. August 2015) * Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian and television show host, and Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress (m. 2008) * Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, and

Linda Wallem Linda Wallem (born May 29, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer. Early life Wallem was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Rockford, Illinois. She is the older sister of actor Stephen Wallem who co-stars on her show ''Nurse ...

, American actress (m. May 2014) * Jodie Foster, American actress and director, and

Alexandra Hedison Alexandra Hedison (born July 10, 1969) is an American photographer, director, and actress. She is married to actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California, on July 10, 1969, she is the daughter of Bridget (Mori) a ...

, American photographer and actress (m. April 2014) * Sara Gilbert, American actress, and Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter (m. April 2014) * Glennon Doyle, American author, and

Abby Wambach Mary Abigail Wambach (born June 2, 1980) is an American retired soccer player, coach, and member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. A six-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, Wambach was a regular on the U.S. women's natio ...

, American retired soccer player (m. May 2017) * Jónína Leósdóttir, novelist, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland (m. 2010) * Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nixon, American actress (m. 2012) *

Christine C. Quinn Christine Callaghan Quinn (born July 25, 1966) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she formerly served as the Speaker of the New York City Council, Speaker of the New York City Council. ...

, former New York City Council Speaker and Kim Catullo, lawyer (m. 2012) * Alex Sykes and

Wanda Sykes Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on ''The Chris Rock Show'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, ''Entertainm ...

, American comedian and actress (m. October 2008) * Lily Tomlin, American actress, and Jane Wagner, American writer and producer (m. December 2013) * Daniela Mercury, Brazilian singer-songwriter, and Malu Verçosa (m. 2013) *

Sharon Kleinbaum Sharon Kleinbaum (born 1959) is an American rabbi who serves as spiritual leader of New York City's Congregation Beit Simchat Torah. She has been an active campaigner for human rights and civil marriage for gay couples. On July 30, 2021, Presiden ...

and Randi Weingarten (m. 2018) * Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow (m. 2016) * Niecy Nash and

Jessica Betts Jessica Betts (born June 19, 1982) is an American singer and actress based in Los Angeles. She has been married to Niecy Nash since 2020. Career In 2005, Betts won ''The Road to Stardom with Missy Elliott,'' a singing competition television s ...

(m. 2020) * Raven-Symoné and Miranda Maday (m. 2020) * Paula Pell and

Janine Brito Janine Brito is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Prominent within the San Francisco stand-up comedy scene, she is recognized nationally as a writer and on-air correspondent for the television program '' Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bel ...

(m. 2020) * Cameron Esposito and Katy Nishimoto (m. 2021) * Jane Lynch and Jennifer Cheyne (m. 2021) * Maia Brewton and Lara Spotts (m. 2008)

Divorced

* Margaret Wenig and

(m. 2008, now divorced) * Marianne Dupon and Yasmine, Belgian singer (m. 2003, d. 2009) *

Sarah Huffman Sarah Eileen Huffman (born March 5, 1984) is an American former professional women's association football, soccer player who last played for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League, NWSL. Early life Huffman was born in Danbury, ...

and

, both American soccer players (m. 2013, d. 2016) * Alison Balian and Saffron Burrows, English actress (m. 2013, d. 2020) * Allison Mack, American actress, and Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress (m. 2017, d. 2020) * Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito, American stand up comedians and creator-stars of Seeso's Take My Wife (m. 2015, d. 2018) * Rosie O'Donnell and (m. Kelli Carpenter 2004, voided by the state in 2004) and (m. Michelle Rounds 2012, d. 2015) * Jane Lynch and Lara Embry (m. 2010, d. 2014)

Widowed

Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz Ruthie Berman (born March 30, 1934) and Connie Kurtz (July 19, 1936 – May 27, 2018) were American LGBT rights activists. As a couple, they successfully sued the New York City Board of Education for domestic partner benefits, winning such benefit ...

, American LGBT rights activists who were married in 2011 (Kurtz died in 2018)

Deceased

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian couple known as feminist and gay-rights activists. Martin and Lyon met in 1950 ...

, American 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 and Lyon died in 2020) * Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner, American couple who were both married and both murdered in 2021

Male

Presently married

Michael McConnell and Jack Baker James Michael McConnell (born 1942) and Richard John "Jack" Baker (born 1942) are the first same-sex couple to be married legally with a license that was never revoked.Newsletter (p. 6), "Hidden Treasures from the Stacks", September 201 ...

(m. 1971), first same-sex couple to be married legally with a license that was never revoked *

Michael Leshner and Michael Stark Michael Leshner (born April 8, 1948) and Michael Stark, also known as The Michaels, were the men who in 2003 entered into the first legal same-sex marriage in Canada. They were consequently named the Canadian Newsmakers of the Year by ''Time'' ma ...

(m. 2003), the first married gay couple in Canada *

Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf Michael Hendricks and René LeBoeuf are Canadian gay rights advocates. At the height of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 90s, the couple helped lead ACT-UP activists in a fight with the City of Montreal to create a permanent memorial to Quebecers ...

(m. 2004), the first married gay couple in Quebec * Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan (m. September 2008) * Brad Altman and George Takei, Japanese-American actor and activist, (m. 2008) * John Barrowman and Scott Gill (m. March 2013) *

Scott Capurro Scott Allen Capurro (born December 10, 1962) is an American comedian, writer and actor based in San Francisco. His comedy material is deliberately provocative, referring often to gay life and culture, politics, race and racism, and popular cultu ...

, American actor is married to a man whose first name is Edson *

Danny Pintauro Danny Pintauro (born January 6, 1976) is an American actor and film producer. He starred in the sitcom '' Who's the Boss?'' and the 1983 horror film ''Cujo''. Early life Pintauro was born in Milltown, New Jersey, the son of John J. Pintauro, a m ...

and Will Tabares, (m. April 2014) * Lance Bass and Michael Turchin (m. December 2014) * Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent (m. 2014) * Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and

Gauthier Destenay Gauthier Christian Destenay (born 21 September 1979) is a Belgian architect who is the husband of Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel. Personal life Destenay is from Belgian Luxembourg and has been working as an associate architect at B ...

, Belgian architect (m. 15 May 2015) * Matt Bomer and Simon Halls (m. 2011) * Casey Breves and Sam Tsui (m. 2016) * PJ and Thomas (m. 2015) * David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris (m. September 2014) *

Pete Buttigieg Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg ( ; ; Sometimes pronounced or , but not by Buttigieg himself. born January 19, 1982) is an American politician and former military officer who is currently serving as the United States secretary of transp ...

, American politician, and

Chasten Buttigieg Chasten James Glezman Buttigieg ( ; born June 23, 1989) is an American teacher, writer, and LGBTQ rights advocate. He is married to Pete Buttigieg, the current U.S. secretary of transportation. He was an advisor, spokesperson, and social media ...

, American schoolteacher and writer (m. 2018) * Mario Cantone and Jerry Dixon (m. 2011) *

Alan Cumming Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a British actor. His London stage appearances include ''Hamlet'', the Maniac in ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'' (for which he received an Olivier Award), the lead in '' Bent'', The National Theatre o ...

and Grant Shaffer (m. January 2012) * Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black (m. May 2017) *

Matt Dallas Matthew Joseph Dallas (born October 21, 1982) is an American actor, best known for playing the title character on the ABC Family series ''Kyle XY''. Early life Dallas was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and attended Arizona School for the Arts. He ha ...

and Blue Hamilton (m. July 2015) * Thomas Dekker and Jesse Haddock, actors (m. 2017) *

P. David Ebersole P. David Ebersole is an American independent filmmaker, television director, and novelist. He began his film career as a child actor, playing the lead in the musical '' Junior High School'' (1978), which also starred Paula Abdul. Career Steppi ...

and

Todd Hughes Todd Hughes (born August 13, 1963 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American screenwriter, author, producer and film director. He is a Columbia University graduate and currently resides in Palm Springs, California and Mérida, Yucatán. Career H ...

, filmmakers (m. 2008) *

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born October 22, 1975) is an American actor. From 2009 to 2020, he portrayed Mitchell Pritchett on the sitcom ''Modern Family'', for which he earned five consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding ...

and Justin Mikita (m. 2013) * Barney Frank, former member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the

House Financial Services Committee The United States House Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee and previously known as the Committee on Banking and Currency, is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees t ...

, and James Ready (m. 2012) * Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer (m. January 2015) * David Furnish and

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

(m. December 2014) * Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard (m. 2008) * Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and lawyer, and David Miranda, Brazilian politician (m. 2005) * Dean Hamer, scientist, author and filmmaker and Joe Wilson, film director and producer (m. 2004) * Sean Hayes and Scott Icenogle (m. November 2014) *

Axel Hirsoux Axel Hirsoux (born 26 September 1982) is a Belgian singer. He represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "Mother". In the final of the local pre-selection Eurosong, he received more than 50 perc ...

, Belgian singer, is married to a man * Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Landau (m. September 2014) * Garry Kief and

Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

(m. 2014) *

T. R. Knight Theodore Raymond Knight (born March 26, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dr. George O'Malley on the ABC medical drama television series ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–2009, 2020), which earned him a nomination for the P ...

and Patrick Leahy (m. October 2013) * Michael Kors and Lance LePere (m. August 2011) * Sean Patrick Maloney, United States Member of the House of Representatives and

Randy Florke Randy Florke (born December 19, 1962) is an United States, American real estate and design executive specialized in country style. He is the owner of a real estate business, The Rural Connection, based in Sullivan County, New York and has writt ...

(m.2014) * David Miller and Ryan Murphy (m. 2012) * Steve Alden Nelson and

Sab Shimono is a Japanese-American actor. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like ''Mame'', ''Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen'', and ''Pacific Overtures''. He has appeared in dozens of movies and television ...

, Japanese-American actor (m. 2008) *

Jack Noseworthy Jack Evan Noseworthy Jr. (born December 21, 1964) is an American actor known for his roles in ''Event Horizon'', '' U-571'', ''Barb Wire'' and ''Killing Kennedy''. Early life Noseworthy earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Boston Conse ...

, actor, and Sergio Trujillo, theater director and choreographer, (m. 2011) * Jim Parsons, actor, and Todd Spiewak, producer (m. 2017) * Dave Rubin, American political commentator, and David Janet (m. 2015) *

Toni Reis Toni Reis (born in 1964) is the president of the Brazilian LGBT organisation called Grupo Dignidade, the general secretary of the national association of Gays, Lesbians and Transsexuals in Brazil ( Associação Brasileira de Gays, Lésbicas e Tr ...

, Brazilian activist, and David Harrad (m. December 2018) *

Rob Halford Robert John Arthur Halford (born 25 August 1951) is an English heavy metal singer. He is the lead vocalist of Judas Priest, which was formed in 1969 and has received accolades such as the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. He has b ...

, English heavy metal singer, and Thomas Pence (m. 2020) *

Marc Acito Marc Acito (born January 11, 1966) is an American playwright, novelist, and humorist. Early life Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, Acito was raised in Westfield, New Jersey, and is a 1984 graduate of Westfield High School. He studied in the BFA mu ...

, American playwright, novelist, and humorist, and Floyd Sklaver (m. 20??)

Divorced

* Mark Andrew and Gene Robinson, bishop of the Episcopal Church (m. 2008–2014)

Widowed

Brian Bedford Brian Bedford (16 February 1935 – 13 January 2016) was an English actor. He appeared in film and on stage, and was an actor-director of Shakespeare productions. Bedford was nominated for seven Tony Awards for his theatrical work. He served ...

, actor, and Tim MacDonald (m. 2013–2016, Bedford's death) * Stan Cadwallader and Jim Nabors, actor and singer (m. 2013–2017, Nabors' death) * Richard Buckley and Tom Ford (m. 2014–2021, Buckley's death) * Steven Sabados and

Chris Hyndman Christopher Edward Hyndman (March 3, 1966 – August 3, 2015) was a Canadian interior decorator and television personality, who was co-host of the afternoon talk show ''Steven and Chris'' on CBC Television until his death in August 2015. Career ...

(m. 2009–2015, Hyndman's death)

Deceased

* Billie Ert and Antonio Molina, Americans who were married in 1972, (but later voided by the state of Texas) (Billie Ert died 1976), (Antonio Molina died 1991) *

Axel and Eigil Axgil Axel Axgil (3 April 1915 – 29 October 2011) and Eigil Axgil (24 April 1922 – 22 September 1995) were Danish gay activists and a longtime couple. They were the first gay couple to enter into a registered partnership in the world following D ...

, Danish gay activists who were married in 1989 (Axel Axgil died 2011), (Eigil Axgil died 1995) *

Otis Charles Edgar Otis Charles (called Otis; April 24, 1926 – December 26, 2013) was the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. Early life Charles was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended Trinity College, receiving at B.A. While a ...

, bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Felipe Sanchez-Paris (m. 2008–2013, Sanchez-Paris' death in 2013 and Charles' death later in 2013)

Notes

References

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