13 LGBTQ+ Relationships In Hollywood That Have Lasted Over A Decade
The Boys in The Band, as a guest on the "HFPA In Conversation" podcast, Parsons shared, "This was a blind date set up by two friends of ours, one that was very close to me, Tammy who I went to grad school with, and [Spiewak’s] boss.
They happened to be friends. This sounds so whatever, but they each had a gay friend who was looking for somebody to go on dates with.
That’s how it happened."Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi became acquaintances in 2000 when they met at a party. It was not until 2004 that they started dating after VH1’s Big in ’04 Awards Show.
The couple tied the knot in 2008 after California made same-sex marriages legal.According to The Guardian, the couple got a civil partnership in 2005 and a wedding ceremony in 2014 as soon as same-sex marriages were legalized in the UK. "Having our civil partnership was an incredible breakthrough for people that have campaigned for a long time — through the '60s and the '50s in England when it was so hard to be gay and hard to be open about it.
