# List of same-sex married couples

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

## Female
### Presently married

* Yvette Abatte and Liz Friedman, American television producer and television writer (m. 20??)
* Karen Akunowicz, American chef in Boston, Massachusetts and LJ Johnson (m. 2014)
* Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro, American comedian (m. October 2015)
* Andressa Alves and Francielle Manoel Alberto, both footballers (m. 20??)
* Jane Anderson, American actress and Tess Ayers (m. 20??)
* Ivana Andrés, Spanish professional footballer and Anabel (m. 2022)
* Carol Anshaw, American novelist and short story writer and Jessie Ewing (m. 2014)
* Gillian Apps and Meghan Duggan, both women ice hockey players (m. 2018)
* Alice Arnold and Clare Balding (m. 2015)
* Anita Asante, English football coach and former player and Beth Fisher, ITV News Sports reporter and presenter (m. 2023)
* Lynsey Askew and Alex Blackwell, former English and Australian cricketers (m. 2015)
* Brittany Ashley, American actress and Cristina Keane (m. 2023)
* Berglaug Asmundardottir and Becky Chambers, American science fiction writer
* Rayne Baron, Canadian New York City-based writer, performer, nightlife personality, and events producer and Deborah Anne Dyer, British singer, songwriter and electronic music DJ (m. 2021)
* Meredith Baxter, American actress and producer, and Nancy Locke (m. 2013)
* Miriam Blasco, Spanish professional judo competitor and Nicola Fairbrother, English retired judoka (m. 20??)
* Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, dancer, and internet personality and Hailey Jo Jenson (m. October 2023)
* Emilie Bydwell and Michaela Staniford, Canadian American and English rugby union player (m. 2015)
* Amanda Bearse, American actress and Carrie Schenke (m. 20??)
* Kim Bergman and wife Natalie
* Jessica Betts, singer and Niecy Nash, American Actress (m. 2020)
* Jetta (wrestler) and Charlie Morgan (wrestler), both English professional wrestlers (m. August 2023)
* Lauren Blitzer and Chely Wright, American country music artist (m. August 2011)
* Kristin Blystad-Bjerke and Trine Rønning, both Norwegian footballer players (m. January 2009)
* Luisa Bradshaw-White, English actress and Annette Yeo (m. 2015)
* Maia Brewton, American actress and Lara Spotts (m. 2008)
* Janine Brito, American comedian, actress and writer and Paula Pell, American writer, actress, comedian, and producer (m. 2020)
* Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Nat Sciver-Brunt, both English former cricketers (m. 2022)
* Rachael Cantu (born 1981), American singer-songwriter and Liz Feldman (born 1977), American comedian, actress, producer and writer (m. 2017)
* Brandi Carlile, American singer-songwriter and Catherine Shepherd (m. 2012)
* Bridgett Casteen and Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete (m. December 2013)
* Kim Catullo, lawyer, and Christine C. Quinn, former New York City Council Speaker (m. 2012)
* Tristin Chapman and Emily Saliers, member of the Indigo Girls (m. 2013)
* Jennifer Cheyne and Jane Lynch, American actress, comedian and singer (m. 2021)
* Landon Cider, American drag king and Gabi
* Sharon D. Clarke, English actress and singer and Susie McKenna (m. 2013)
* Monica Coleman, hotelier and Kate Pierson, member of The B-52's (m. August 2015)
* Cheryl Crane, American author and former model and Joyce LeRoy (m. 2014)
* Lisa Coleman, American musician and Renata Kanclerz (m. 2004)
* Leanna Creel, American actress, film producer and film director, and Rinat Greenberg (m. 2008)
* Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian and television show host, and Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress (m. 2008)
* Rose Ellen Dix and Rosie Spaughton, British comedy and entertainment duo
* Natasha Dowie and Becky Easton (m. 2016)
* Glennon Doyle, American author, and Abby Wambach, American retired soccer player (m. May 2017)
* Sarah Kate Ellis, American activist and Kristen Henderson, American singer-songwriter (m. 2011)
* Cameron Esposito, American actress and Katy Nishimoto (m. 2021)
* Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, and Linda Wallem, American actress (m. May 2014)
* Jodie Foster, American actress and director, and Alexandra Hedison, American photographer and actress (m. April 2014)
* Samantha Fox, English pop singer and Myra Stratton (m. 2022)
* Sara Francis-Bayman and Stacey Francis-Bayman, both English former netball players (m. December 2020)
* Melanie Garside-Wight, English footballer, and former England women's national football team player Gillian Wight (m. 2010)
* Sara Gilbert, American actress, and Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter (m. April 2014)
* Jane Hazlegrove, English actress and Isobel Middleton, actress (m. 2015)
* Lisa Hurtig, Swedish footballer and Lina Hurtig, Swedish professional footballer (m. 2019)
* Samantha Irby, American comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer and Kirsten Jennings (m. 2016)
* Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir, Icelandic professional footballer and Erin McLeod, Canadian soccer player (m. 2023)
* Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten (m. 2018)
* Jónína Leósdóttir, novelist, and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland (m. 2010)
* Beth Malone, American actress and singer and Rochelle Schoppert, a music technician (m. 20??)
* Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nixon, American actress (m. 2012)
* Heather Matarazzo, American actress and Heather Turman (m. 2018)
* Lili Cadee-Matthews and Sabrina Frederick, English-born Australian rules footballer (m. December 2021)
* Rosemary Mayglothling, British rower and Sarah Springman, British-Swiss triathlete (m. 20??)
* Daniela Mercury, Brazilian singer-songwriter, and Malu Verçosa (m. 2013)
* Jillian Michaels and DeShanna Marie Michaels (m. 2022)
* Beth Montague-Hellen, Head of Library & Information Services at the Francis Crick Institute and Kate Montague-Hellen (m. 20??)
* Amanda Nunes and Nina Nunes, Brazilian and American former mixed martial artists (m. 2019)
* Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow (m. 2016)
* Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey, both Canadian ice hockey players (m. September 2024)
* Amy Ray, member of the Indigo Girls and Carrie Schrader (m. 2014)
* Kelly Sibley, English former professional table tennis player is married to a woman named Laura in (m. April 2017)
* Ana Paula Garcia Silva, lawyer and Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva, Brazilian footballer (m. August 2020)
* Chrishell Stause, American actress and real estate agent and Georgia Claire Flipo, Australian musician (m. 2023)
* Alex Sykes and Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress (m. October 2008)
* Raven-Symoné Pearman-Maday, American actress and singer, and Miranda Maday (m. 2020)
* Lily Tomlin, American actress, and Jane Wagner, American writer and producer (m. December 2013)
* Fabiola Valentín and Mariana Varela, Miss Universe Puerto Rico and Miss Universe Argentina (m. 2022)
* Kate Richardson-Walsh and Helen Richardson-Walsh, both English Olympic players (m. 2013)
* Rebel Wilson, Australian actress and producer and Ramona Agruma (m. 2024)

### Divorced

* Julie Cypher, American film director and Melissa Etheridge, American songwriter (m. 1990–2000)
* Faith Middleton, retired public radio talk show host and Fern Berman (m. 2002–2012)
* Punkie Johnson, American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer and her wife (m. 2002–2022)
* Yasmine, Belgian singer and Marianne Dupon, (m. 2003–2009)
* Rosie O'Donnell, American actress and (m. Kelli Carpenter 2004, voided by the state in 2004) and (m. Michelle Rounds 2012–2015)
* Ariel Levy, American staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and Amy Norquist (m. 2007–2012)
* Margaret Wenig, and Sharon Kleinbaum, both American rabbis (m. 2008–20??)
* Robin Tyler, LGBT feminist and pioneer and Diane Olson (m. 2008–2012)
* Jane Lynch, American actress and Lara Embry (m. 2010–2014)
* Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and Mandi McCrensky (m. 2010–2015)
* Christin Baker, American screenwriter and Deb Mell (m. 2011–2014)
* Linda Medalen, Norwegian former footballer and Trude Flan, dance instructor (m. 2012–2022)
* Sarah Huffman and Abby Wambach, both American soccer players (m. 2013–2016)
* Saffron Burrows, English actress and Alison Balian (m. 2013–2020)
* Viviane de Queiroz Pereira, Brazilian songwriter and singer MC Rouba Cena (m. 2014–2016)
* Rhea Butcher and Cameron Esposito, both American stand up comedians and creator-stars of Seeso's Take My Wife (m. 2015–2018)
* Ashlyn Harris, American former soccer player and Ali Krieger, American soccer player (m. 2019–2023)
* Allison Mack, American actress, and Nicki Clyne, Canadian actress (m. 2017–2020)
* Elliot Page, American actor and Emma Portner, Canadian professional dancer and choreographer (m. 2018–2021)
* Katie Heaney, American author and Lydia Jackson (m. 2019–2023)
* Mary L. Trump, American niece of former US president Donald Trump, and an unnamed woman (m. 20??–20??)
* Amy Kane and Fara Williams both English former footballers (m. 2015–20??)
* Emma Kete, New Zealand footballer and Jodie Taylor, English former professional footballer (m. 20??-20??)

### Widowed

* Madeline Davis, American LGBT activist and Wendy Smiley (m. 1995, Davis died in 2021)
* Ruthie Berman and Connie Kurtz, American LGBT rights activists (m. 2011, Kurtz died in 2018)
* Jeanne Córdova, American trailblazer of the lesbian and gay rights movement and Lynn Harris Ballen (m. 20??, Córdova died in 2016)
* Victoria Brownworth, American journalist, writer, and editor and Maddy Gold (m. 2014, Gold died in 2022)
* Terry Donahue (baseball), Canadian utility player and Emma Marie "Pat" Henschel (m. 2015, Donahue in 2019)
* Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and Judith Kasen (m. 2016, Windsor died in 2017)
* Lisa Chedekel, American investigative journalist and Isabel Morais (m. 20??, Chedekel died in 2018)
* Elizabeth Gilbert, American journalist and author and Rayya Elias (m. 2016, Elias died in 2018)
* Candy Palmater, Canadian actress and Denise Tompkins (married 20??, Palmater died 2021)

### Deceased

* Anne Lister, and Ann Walker, first British lesbian couple to get married (m. 1834, Lister died 1840, Walker died 1854)
* Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, first lesbian couple to get married in Spain (m. 1901, Loriga died 19??, Ibeas died 19??)
* Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, both American feminist and gay-rights activists (m. 2004, but were voided by the state) and then remarried in June 2008 (Martin died two months later, Lyon died in 2020)
* Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and Thea Clara Spyer (m. 2007, Windsor died in 2017 and Spyer died in 2009)
* Elana Dykewomon, American lesbian activist and Susan Levinkind (m. 20??, Dykewomon died in 2020 and Levinkind died in 2016)
* Jennifer and Sarah Hart, both American perpetrators of a murder–suicide (m. 2009 and both died in 2018)
* Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner, American couple (m. 2021 and both murdered in 2021)

## Male
### Presently married

* David Raleigh, New York singer, songwriter, piano player and Richard Bähl (m. 2021)
* Michael McConnell and Jack Baker (m. 1971), first same-sex couple to be married legally with a license that was never revoked
* Douglas Carter Beane, American playwright and screenwriter and composer Lewis Flinn (m. 20??)
* Scott Rudin, American film, television, and theatre producer and John Barlow (m. 20??)
* Steve Osunsami, Nigerian-American journalist and Joe Remillard (m. 20??)
* Michael Leshner and Michael Stark (m. 2003), the first married gay couple in Canada
* Michael Hendricks and René Leboeuf (m. 2004), the first married gay couple in Quebec
* Chad Beguelin, American playwright and lyricist and a man whose first name is Tom
* Ryan Butler and Chris Sgro (m. 2006)
* Pete Burns and Michael Simpson (m. 2007)
* Simon Doonan, English author, television personality and ceramicist and designer Jonathan Adler (m. September 2008)
* Paris Barclay, American television director, producer, and writer and Christopher Mason (m. 2008)
* George Takei, Japanese-American actor and activist and Brad Altman (m. 2008)
* Charles Perez, American writer and television news reporter and Keith Rinehard (m. 2009)
* John Barrowman and Scott Gill (m. March 2013)
* Patrick Bristow and Andrew Nicastro (m. 2010)
* Chris Bryant, British politician and former Anglican priest and Jared Cranney (m. 201?)
* Bob Koherr and Robert Kohrherr (m. 2008)
* Scott Capurro, American actor is married to a man whose first name is Edson
* Sam Champion, American weather anchor and Rubem Robierb, Miami, Florida-based visual artist, sculptor and photographer (m. December 2012)
* Ian Brossat, French politician and a man whose first name is Brice (m. 2013)
* Ted Allen, American author and television personality and Barry Rice (m. 2013)
* Chris Colfer and Will Sherrod (m. 2013)
* Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor, producer, activist and director and Sean Carlson (m. 2013)
* Michael Carbonaro, American actor and magician and Peter Stickles, American actor (m. 2014)
* Dan Baer, American politician and Brian Walsh (m. 2014)
* Danny Pintauro and Will Tabares, (m. April 2014)
* Lance Bass and Michael Turchin (m. December 2014)
* Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent, both American television personalities (m. 2014)
* David Michael Barrett and Mark Peters (m. 2004)
* Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and Gauthier Destenay, Belgian architect (m. 15 May 2015)
* Dylan Marron, American actor, writer and activist and Todd Clayton (m. December 2015)
* J. Michael Durnil, American former Executive Director of the Scripps National Spelling Bee and Lynn Smith II, owner of a general building contractor in Indianapolis. (m. 2015).
* Matt Bomer and Simon Halls (m. 2011)
* Bryan Batt, American actor Tom Cianfichi (m. 2014)
* Casey Breves and Sam Tsui, American songwriter (m. 2016)
* PJ and Thomas (m. 2015)
* David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris (m. September 2014)
* Pete Buttigieg, American politician, and Chasten Buttigieg, American schoolteacher and writer (m. 2018)
* Mario Cantone and Jerry Dixon (m. 2011)
* Andrew Bayer, American DJ and Grammy-nominated music producer is married to a man (m. 2015)
* Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer (m. January 2012)
* Allan Corduner and Juha Leppäjärvi (m. 2013)
* Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black (m. May 2017)
* Iain Dale and John Simmons (m. 2015)
* Charlie Condou, British actor, columnist and LGBT rights activist and Cameron Laux (m. June 2015)
* Matt Dallas and Blue Hamilton (m. July 2015)
* Steve Kerrigan, American political executive and Jacob Watts (m. 2017)
* Julian Clary, English actor, comedian, novelist and presenter and Ian Mackley (m. November 2016)
* Jim Parsons, actor, and Todd Spiewak, producer (m. 2017)
* Terence Etherton, Baron Etherton, British retired judge and Andrew Stone (m. December 2014)
* Thomas Dekker and Jesse Haddock, actors (m. 2017)
* Jerry Buttimer, Irish Fine Gael politician and Conchobar Ó Laoghaire (m. December 2017)
* P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, filmmakers (m. 2008)
* Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita (m. 2013)
* BD Wong, American actor, and Richert Schnorr (m. 2018)
* Barney Frank, former member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and James Ready (m. 2012)
* Stephen Fry and Elliott Spencer (m. January 2015)
* David Furnish and Elton John (m. December 2014)
* Mark Gatiss and Ian Hallard (m. 2008)
* 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, Belgian singer, is married to a man
* Cheyenne Jackson and Jason Landau (m. September 2014)
* Garry Kief and Barry Manilow (m. 2014)
* T. R. Knight 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 (m. 2014)
* David Miller and Ryan Murphy (m. 2012)
* Steve Alden Nelson and Sab Shimono, Japanese-American actor (m. 2008)
* Jack Noseworthy, actor, and Sergio Trujillo, theater director and choreographer, (m. 2011)
* Andy Bell and Stephen Moss (m. 2013)
* Michael Arden and Andy Mientus (m. 2016)
* Simon Callow, British actor and Sebastian Fox (m. 2016)
* Dave Rubin, American political commentator, and David Janet (m. 2015)
* Jeffery Self, American actor, writer, and comedian and Augustus Prew, English film and television actor (m. 2018)
* Aslie Pitter, British footballer and Alan Glover. (m. 20??)
* Toni Reis, Brazilian activist, and David Harrad (m. December 2018)
* Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer, and Thomas Pence (m. 2020)
* Marc Acito, American playwright, novelist, and humorist, and Floyd Sklaver (m. 20??)
* Paul Gambaccini and Christopher Sherwood (m. 2012)
* Paul Burrell, British Royal Household former servant and Graham Cooper (m. 2017)
* Paul O'Grady, English comedian, broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer and André Portasio (m. 2017)
* David Chalian, American journalist and political analyst and Justin Tyler Bernstine (m. 2017)
* David Tutera, American celebrity wedding planner and Joey Toth (m. 2017)
* Benjamin Cohen, British web developer and Anthony James (m. 2018)
* Ross Adams, English actor and Phil Crusham (m. 2018)
* Guy Benson, American columnist, commentator, and political pundit and Adam Wise (m. 2019)
* Eric Radford, Canadian pair skater and Luis Fenero (born 1992), Spanish retired ice dancer (m. July 2019)
* Paul Sinha, English professional quizzer, comedian, doctor and broadcaster and Oliver Levy (m. December 2019)
* Brian Friedman, American dancer and choreographer Daniel Brown (m. 2020)
* Scott Benton (politician), American politician and Harry Symonds (m. 2021)
* McKinley Belcher III, American actor and Blake Fox (m. 2023)
* Scott Hoying, American singer, musician and songwriter and model Mark Manio (m. July 2023)
* Ty Herndon, American country music singer and songwriter and Alex Schwartz, artist and craftsman (m. August 2023)
* Nico Santos (actor) and Zeke Smith, actor (m. 2023)
* Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, television personality and Gerald Lunz (m. 20??)
* Mark Doty, American poet and memoirist and Alexander Hadel (m. 2015)
* Colton Underwood, American reality television personality and former football player and Jordan C. Brown (m. May 2023)
* Billy Gilman, American country music singer and Anthony Carbone, (m. August 2024)

### Divorced

* Michael Buckley, American former YouTuber and Mike Donegan (m. 2002–2015)
* Matt Lucas, English actor and Kevin McGee (m. 2002–2008)
* David Tutera, American celebrity wedding planner, and Ryan Jurica (m. 2003–2013)
* Gene Robinson, American bishop of the Episcopal Church and Mark Andrew (m. 2008–2014)
* Brian Asawa, Japanese American opera singer and Keith Fisher (m. 20??–20??)
* Rylan Clark, English broadcaster and Dan Neal (m. 2015–2021)
* David Catania, American politician and lawyer and floral designer (m. August 2017–2021)
* Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and actor and Jwan Yosef, Syrian-born Swedish painter and artist (m. 2017–2023)
* Alan Carr English comedian, broadcaster and writer, and Paul Drayton (m. 2018–2022)
* Paul Lisicky, American novelist and memoirist and Mark Doty, American poet and memoirist (m. 2008–2013)

### Widowed

* Peter and Murray Corren, both Canadian LGBT-rights activists (m. 20??–2009, Peter's death)
* Patrick Haggerty, American country singer-songwriter and J.B. Broughton (m. 2005–2022, Haggerty died in 2022)
* David Miranda, Brazilian politician and Glenn Greenwald (m. 2005–2023, Miranda's death)
* George Smitherman, Canadian politician and broadcaster and Christopher Peloso (m. 2007–2013, Peloso's death)
* Steven Sabados, Canadian television host, designer and writer and Chris Hyndman, Canadian interior decorator and television personality (m. 2009–2015, Hyndman's death)
* Brian Bedford, English actor, and Tim MacDonald (m. 2013–2016, Bedford's death)
* Jim Nabors, American actor and singer and Stan Cadwallader (m. 2013–2017, Nabors' death)
* Gary Beach, American actor and Jeffrey Barnett (m 20??–2018, Beach's death)
* Michael Downing, American writer and academic and Peter Bryant (m. 2013–2021, Downing's death)
* Walter Arlen, Austrian-born American composer and Howard Myers (m. 2013–2023, Arlen's death)
* James Randi, scientific skeptic and Devyi Pena (m. 2013–2020, Randi's death)
* Joe Bertram, American politician (m. December 2013 – 2020, Bertram's death)
* Richard Buckley, American fashion journalist and editor and Tom Ford, American fashion designer and filmmaker (m. 2014–2021, Buckley's death)
* Gary Burgess, British broadcaster and journalist and Alan Burgess (m. 2018–2020, Gary's death)

### Deceased

* Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (AD 37–AD 68), fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and Pythagoras (AD ??–AD ??), freedman (m. AD 64–AD 65)
* Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and Sporus (AD ??–AD 69), young slave boy (m. AD 66 or 67–AD 68, Germanicus died AD 68, Sporus died AD 69)
* Elagabalus (born c. 204), Roman emperor and Aurelius Zoticus (born late 2nd century), Roman athlete (m. 21? AD – 221 AD, Elagabalus died in 222 AD, Zoticus died in the 3rd century)
* Elagabalus and Hierocles (born late 2nd century), Roman charioteer (m. 21? AD– 222 AD, Elagabalus and Hierocles both died at or around the same time in 222 AD)
* Sergius and Bacchus, both Roman Christian soldiers revered as martyrs and military saints by Christian churches (m. 4th century, both died in Syria in the 4th century)
* Billie Ert and Antonio Molina, Americans who were married in 1972, (but later voided by the state of Texas, Ert died in 1976, Molina died in 1991)
* Axel and Eigil Axgil, both Danish gay activists (m. 1989–1995, Eigil died in 1995, Axel died in 2011)
* Otis Charles, bishop of the Episcopal Church, and Felipe Sanchez-Paris (m. 2008–2013, Sanchez-Paris died in 2013, Charles died later in 2013)