Famous Gay Couples Comedian and popular talk show host Ellen DeGeneres struggled for many years to come to grips with her sexual orientation before publicly coming out as a lesbian. As DeGeneres (2005) recalled, “To be 37 years old and be feeling this sense of shame, that nobody would like me if they found out I was gay, it was a pretty emotional thing to expose yourself to.” In 1997, she made television history when she “outed” herself and her character in her television series Ellen. Although Ellen’s first public relationship with Anne Heche created something of a media frenzy, her marriage to long-time companion Portia deRossi in August, 2008, a few months after same-sex marriage became legal in California, was covered like any other celebrity wedding ceremony.
Also recently married are “power couple” Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge. Here, Hughes, one of Facebook’s founders and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, attends a fundraiser with his spouse Eldridge, an investor and political activist. Hughes (2011) doesn’t like the term “power couple,” but says, “I don’t think we’ve ever used that term for ourselves, but I must say having a partner who has similar intensity in his days, a passion for work in the same way, it makes a difference to come home at night and have an intellectual partner. If that’s what a ‘power couple’ is, then great.”
Also recently married are “power couple” Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge. Here, Hughes, one of Facebook’s founders and editor-in-chief of The New Republic, attends a fundraiser with his spouse Eldridge, an investor and political activist. Hughes (2011) doesn’t like the term “power couple,” but says, “I don’t think we’ve ever used that term for ourselves, but I must say having a partner who has similar intensity in his days, a passion for work in the same way, it makes a difference to come home at night and have an intellectual partner. If that’s what a ‘power couple’ is, then great.”
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