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For many, June represents the month of pride; a moment to celebrate, school and communicate all that is lgbtq+, gay and fabulous. Although today existence gay isnt much of a deal, back in the 50s it was a dangerous label to have. Throughout history, thousands hold lost their lives because they were labeled as gay or queer and many lived out their true sexual preferences in secrecy. As its almost the end of Pride month, I wanted to contain a look at some celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood who were gay, or at least thats what the rumours said. Its hard to know if all these celebrities, and of course many more, were truly gay, but I wanted to share a rare stories just so see how far weve come. Content pride everyone.
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Katherine Hepburn
Iconic Hollywood actress and Academy Award-winning performer in films such as Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and O Love is in the air at this time of year, so its a great opportunity to celebrate some of the gay couples in Hollywood who have the cutest and most idealistic love stories. One pairs first meeting was direct out of a Hallmark rom-com movie, another married couple met on a blind date, and one dynamic duo was put up by a renowned A-list stylist. For many lgbtq+ couples, being able to be together openly and walk down the hallway is a big deal. Marriage equality in the U.S. was legalized just over seven years ago, so it is a major thing for the LGBTQ+ stars to be able to discuss their love stories with their fans and the universal. Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett loves gushing about his husband, Jaymes Vaughan, as a newlywed. I love how I can be unapologetically myself and I love that he loves me unconditionally for it, he toldPeople in Some couples prefer to hold their relationship out of the limelight, like Magic Mikes Matt Bomer and Simon Halls, but other celebrities radiate sunshine when t Credit: Chris Chew/UPI/Shutterstock; Richard Young/Shutterstock 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 long time ago," Paulson said on Watch What Happens Reside With Andy Cohen, joking that Taylor slid into her DMs. "I was with someone else and then there was, appreciate , a Twitter thing that happened. We were doing a thing at Martha Plimpton's house, it was for an organization that she was working 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 Updated FacebookEmailXLinkedInRedditBlueskyWhatsAppCopy linkImpact Link This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Change into an Insider and commence reading an account? . 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. In the early '70s, actress Tomlin reached out to writer Wagner to receive help with a ethics she was playing. Their meeting was love at first sight, Tomlin12 Gay Couples in Hollywood Who Have the Most Romantic Love Stories
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