Successful gay couples

Same-Sex Couples: How to Strengthen Your Relationship

 Written by Writer’s Corps member Vivian Todini

There is a fallacy that somehow lgbtq+ relationships are different than straight relationships.  But, whether gay, straight, trans or any other combination, when two people come together to date or to get adj, they face the same highs and lows that surface in any relationship.

In the commencement for all couples, it’s relatively easy, even if the excitement is mixed with a dose of nerves. There’s the rush of meeting someone new and thinking, wow! Or maybe it’s a slow simmer and suddenly you start to realize that the inside jokes, the glances, the extra long goodbye hugs or the copious texting imply that this friendship has caught the fire of romance.

These early forays into relationships are familiar to any love persuasion. Ditto for later on when you start to dig deeper into issues like building believe, managing expectations, tackling insecurities, navigating communication styles, and even dealing with exes who might be friends or parents of your children. Basically, regar

Hollywood&#;s Gay Power Couples: Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor, More

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Hollywood's Gay Power 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 long time ago," Paulson said on Watch What Happens Verb 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

Now that the stigma of being &#;out&#; is transforming into being seen as a trendy and fashionable lifestyle, celebrities are no longer risking their careers by making their homosexuality public. These six celebrity couples have taken advantage of the cultural shift and changing marriage laws in the U.S. and are celebrating their value for one another in matrimony.

  • Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi:

The drop-dead gorgeous actress, Portia de Rossi, told Oprah during a sit-down interview that she felt an immediate draw when she first laid eyes on “the world&#;s funniest woman” Ellen DeGeneres. The two moved slowly, though. Ellen couldn&#;t sense Portia&#;s lust and although she desired her she quickly assumed Portia&#;s disinterest. The two gave up expect for quite some time before finally beginning their whirlwind of a relationship. it took Portia 3 years to tell Ellen how she felt because she wasn&#;t openly gay at the time and didn&#;t want her sexuality to affect her career. They set a date for a ceremony to simply verb their love, and just before the dat

28 Lesbian Couples in Hollywood With Our Favorite Love Stories

  • 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 value 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 love. At one point in my life, I married twice [Don Nash, Jay Tucker] and I love those