The most famous homosexual couples. Rainbow celebrities: the strongest gay couples among the stars. Xavier Bettel and Gauthier Destin
Many people think that homosexuality and family happiness are incompatible concepts. But there are many happy LGBT couples in the world who have been living together for decades and raising children together.
Among the most famous same-sex families there are both influential politicians and Hollywood stars, famous couturiers, singers and businessmen. We present to your attention the 12 most famous couples who are not shy and do not hide their same-sex relationships.
1. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger
It all started at the end of 1957, when Laurent and Berger first met at the funeral ceremony of Christian Dior, in 1958 they met for the second time - since then their romantic and long history began. When Laurent was fired from Dior, he created his own fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, headed by Bergé.
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé were together for a long 18 years
After living together for 18 years, the couple divorced in 1976, but they remained lifelong friends and business partners. In June 2008, couturier Yves Saint Laurent died at his home in Paris. Berger is now actively involved in charitable foundations.
Eve took all my strength, all my life, but I wanted it myself. Today, I continue to think of him fondly, despite the fact that he had a lot of flaws. However, who doesn't?
recalls Pierre Berger.
2. Elton John and David Furnish
The legendary English musician met film director and producer David Furnish in 1993. The couple have been pushing for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the UK for a long time. In December 2005 they got married.
Note that their wedding is considered one of the most expensive in history - the couple spent more than $ 1.5 million.
Elton John and David Furnish have been together for over 20 years
3. Xavier Bettel and Gauthier Destin
In May 2015, the 42-year-old prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, entered into a same-sex marriage. who married 36-year-old Belgian architect Gauthier Desten.
The politician then even "skipped" the Riga Eastern Partnership summit, because he had a honeymoon.
Gauthier Desten and Xavier Bettel
4. Cynthia Nikton and Christine Marinoni
The Sex and the City star and her co-star Christine Marinoni met at a parent protest protesting public school budget cuts.
They were then arrested - that's how they met. In 2012, the couple got married, the family has a 6-year-old son, Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni.
Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nikton have a six-year-old son
5. George Michael and Kenny Goss
The famous singer was paired with her husband Anselmo Feleppa, who died in 1993. Since 1996, former cheerleading coach Kenny Goss has become Michael's new chosen one. Where exactly the men met is unknown: according to one version, in a spa, according to another, in one of the Los Angeles boutiques.
George Michael and Kenny Goss lived in a civil marriage for 14 years
Kenny Goss and George Michael lived in a civil marriage for 14 years, in 2010 the couple broke up due to the fact that George regarded the relationship as free. At the end of 2016, Michael died of a drug overdose.
6. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
Popular American TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres and her chosen one actress Portia de Rossi got married in 2008 after the lifting of the ban on same-sex marriages in California. In addition, Helen gave Rossi an engagement ring with a pink diamond of three carats.
They live in high-end Beverly Hills, they have no children, but they have three dogs and four cats, both women are vegans. The couple have been together for 9 years.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi together for 9 years
7. Kristen Stewart and Alisha Kargile
After breaking up with Robert Pattinson, Twilight star Kristen Stewart began dating film producer Alicia Cargile in 2013.
According to media reports, in August 2016, Kristen Stewart proposed to her girlfriend.
I had never publicly discussed my relationship before, but that all changed when I started dating girls: by talking about it, I express something socially significant. I still want my privacy to remain private, but I don't want it to look like I have something to hide,
- the actress admitted in an interview with one of the famous glossy .
Kristen Stewart proposed to Alisha Cargile
8. Zemfira and Renata Litvinova
Zemfira Ramazanova and Renata Litvinova met in 2004 at the recording of the soundtrack for the film "Goddess". They began close cooperation, Litvinova shot videos for the songs "Blues", "Airplane", "We Crash" and others for Zemfira.
The couple has been living together for a long time, and, according to media rumors, in 2009 they registered their marriage in Sweden, since gay marriage is illegal in Russia.
Zemfira and Renata Litvinova have not yet officially announced their relationship
9. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
In 1982, while working in a Milan atelier, two Italians created the most successful couturier duo in the fashion world, and in 1994, the couple now creates the global brand D&G. The couple dreamed of their own children for a long time, but later they parted, only business remained in common.
Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce remain good friends
Now Stefano Gabbana is dating Alessandro, and Domenico lives alone.
We are still together because we have a true love story behind us. Now I have a different relationship, but Domenico is the most important person in my life. We remained friends and business partners,
Stefano recalls.
10. Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison
For almost 20 years, actress Jodie Foster lived with producer Sidney Bernard, they raised two children. But in 2008, the couple divorced. In 2014, the actress began a relationship with photographer Alexandra Hedison.
Jodie Foster happy with Alexandra Hedison
11. Cara Delevingne and Annie Clark
24-year-old top model Cara Delevingne dated famous actress Michelle Rodriguez in 2014. The couple broke up, and now Kara is in a relationship with American singer Annie Clark, better known under the pseudonym St. Vincent.
Cara Delevingne is dating singer Annie Clark
12. Jim Parsons and Todd Spivak
Z The Big Bang Theory star, who played Sheldon Cooper, recently got married to 44-year-old graphic designer Todd Spivak.
Jim Parsons and Todd Spivak celebrated their wedding
Todd Spivak and Jim Parsons celebrated their wedding
Many people think that homosexuality and family happiness are incompatible concepts. But there are many happy LGBT couples in the world who have been living together for decades and raising children together.
Among the most famous same-sex families there are both influential politicians and Hollywood stars, famous couturiers, singers and businessmen. We present to your attention the 12 most famous couples who are not shy and do not hide their same-sex relationships.
1. Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berger
It all started at the end of 1957, when Laurent and Berger first met at the funeral ceremony of Christian Dior, in 1958 they met for the second time - since then their romantic and long history began. When Laurent was fired from Dior, he created his own fashion house Yves Saint Laurent, headed by Bergé.
Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé were together for a long 18 years
After living together for 18 years, the couple divorced in 1976, but they remained lifelong friends and business partners. In June 2008, couturier Yves Saint Laurent died at his home in Paris. Berger is now actively involved in charitable foundations.
Eve took all my strength, all my life, but I wanted it myself. Today, I continue to think of him fondly, despite the fact that he had a lot of flaws. However, who doesn't?
recalls Pierre Berger.
2. Elton John and David Furnish
The legendary English musician met film director and producer David Furnish in 1993. The couple have been pushing for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the UK for a long time. In December 2005 they got married.
Note that their wedding is considered one of the most expensive in history - the couple spent more than $ 1.5 million.
Elton John and David Furnish have been together for over 20 years
3. Xavier Bettel and Gauthier Destin
In May 2015, the 42-year-old prime minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, entered into a same-sex marriage. who married 36-year-old Belgian architect Gauthier Desten.
The politician then even "skipped" the Riga Eastern Partnership summit, because he had a honeymoon.
Gauthier Desten and Xavier Bettel
4. Cynthia Nikton and Christine Marinoni
The Sex and the City star and her co-star Christine Marinoni met at a parent protest protesting public school budget cuts.
They were then arrested - that's how they met. In 2012, the couple got married, the family has a 6-year-old son, Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni.
Christine Marinoni and Cynthia Nikton have a six-year-old son
5. George Michael and Kenny Goss
The famous singer was paired with her husband Anselmo Feleppa, who died in 1993. Since 1996, former cheerleading coach Kenny Goss has become Michael's new chosen one. Where exactly the men met is unknown: according to one version, in a spa, according to another, in one of the Los Angeles boutiques.
George Michael and Kenny Goss lived in a civil marriage for 14 years
Kenny Goss and George Michael lived in a civil marriage for 14 years, in 2010 the couple broke up due to the fact that George regarded the relationship as free. At the end of 2016, Michael died of a drug overdose.
6. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
Popular American TV presenter Ellen DeGeneres and her chosen one actress Portia de Rossi got married in 2008 after the lifting of the ban on same-sex marriages in California. In addition, Helen gave Rossi an engagement ring with a pink diamond of three carats.
They live in high-end Beverly Hills, they have no children, but they have three dogs and four cats, both women are vegans. The couple have been together for 9 years.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi together for 9 years
7. Kristen Stewart and Alisha Kargile
After breaking up with Robert Pattinson, Twilight star Kristen Stewart began dating film producer Alicia Cargile in 2013.
According to media reports, in August 2016, Kristen Stewart proposed to her girlfriend.
I had never publicly discussed my relationship before, but that all changed when I started dating girls: by talking about it, I express something socially significant. I still want my privacy to remain private, but I don't want it to look like I have something to hide,
- the actress admitted in an interview with one of the famous glossy .
Kristen Stewart proposed to Alisha Cargile
8. Zemfira and Renata Litvinova
Zemfira Ramazanova and Renata Litvinova met in 2004 at the recording of the soundtrack for the film "Goddess". They began close cooperation, Litvinova shot videos for the songs "Blues", "Airplane", "We Crash" and others for Zemfira.
The couple has been living together for a long time, and, according to media rumors, in 2009 they registered their marriage in Sweden, since gay marriage is illegal in Russia.
Zemfira and Renata Litvinova have not yet officially announced their relationship
9. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
In 1982, while working in a Milan atelier, two Italians created the most successful couturier duo in the fashion world, and in 1994, the couple now creates the global brand D&G. The couple dreamed of their own children for a long time, but later they parted, only business remained in common.
Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce remain good friends
Now Stefano Gabbana is dating Alessandro, and Domenico lives alone.
We are still together because we have a true love story behind us. Now I have a different relationship, but Domenico is the most important person in my life. We remained friends and business partners,
Stefano recalls.
10. Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison
For almost 20 years, actress Jodie Foster lived with producer Sidney Bernard, they raised two children. But in 2008, the couple divorced. In 2014, the actress began a relationship with photographer Alexandra Hedison.
Jodie Foster happy with Alexandra Hedison
11. Cara Delevingne and Annie Clark
24-year-old top model Cara Delevingne dated famous actress Michelle Rodriguez in 2014. The couple broke up, and now Kara is in a relationship with American singer Annie Clark, better known under the pseudonym St. Vincent.
Cara Delevingne is dating singer Annie Clark
12. Jim Parsons and Todd Spivak
Z The Big Bang Theory star, who played Sheldon Cooper, recently got married to 44-year-old graphic designer Todd Spivak.
Jim Parsons and Todd Spivak celebrated their wedding
Todd Spivak and Jim Parsons celebrated their wedding
Even living in Russia, being a representative of the LGBT community, not easy, let alone building a family. Many have acquaintances of same-sex couples who move abroad in order to provide themselves and their children with a more comfortable environment. We talked with Sasha and Olesya, who decided to have a child and raise him in Moscow: we found out how they came to this decision, what it was like to undergo IVF for a same-sex couple, and how their choice affected relationships with colleagues and parents.
“I'm in the last week, at the finish line. I'm about to give birth. By this point, Sasha and I have been walking all the four years that we have been together,” Olesya, a 31-year-old art historian and specialist in international relations, begins the conversation. “Our acquaintance happened in a themed club and started as an ordinary one night stand story, without any plans for the future. But we quickly realized that our views on life coincide, and began to live together, ”picks up 27-year-old flight attendant Sasha.
Relations
and the LGBT community
Olesya: There was no conversation "That's it, we're a couple." I liked that everything happened naturally, without any special arrangements. At some stage, you notice that a person has moved some of his things to you, now you are already exchanging keys, then he buys a carrier and takes your cat to the vet (and you think: “Oh, but I used to do this alone "). Gradually, from such trifles, we developed an understanding and a feeling that we were together seriously and for a long time.
Sasha: The fact that relations in the Russian LGBT community exist underground and this most often prevents them from growing into something more is true. Our case of a serious relationship is rather rare. That is, we are two girls of a “feminine format”, with a focus on family and children, this is our conscious choice. While often in a thematic party you can observe those who have men on the side, and for them the connection with a woman is an adventure. In principle, they cannot even imagine that something serious can come out of this. For them, relationships as a social institution are associated only with a man. In general, it seems to me that many lesbians are confused - and begin to slide into stereotypical extremes. For example, to hide your femininity, in every possible way to follow the male model of behavior in relationships, when, in fact, there is no need for this.
The decision to have a child
Olesya: I had a mindset that if I don’t meet a loved one before I’m thirty and don’t start a family, then I give birth alone. It was not a vanilla-muslin desire from the series “a child is the meaning of life” or “for every woman this is happiness.” When our story with Sasha began, literally two months later I told her that, they say, I'm waiting until thirty, and either you support me, or ... At that time, Sasha was silent. I thought about it. The first thought was that I frightened her by such a forcing of events. On the other hand, she thought that it was probably good that she didn’t say anything right away - it means she took it seriously. Then I dropped the subject. A month later, Sasha said: "Give me a son." And then I had no words, I just hugged her and kissed her. And now I'm waiting for my son - everything is as Sasha wanted.
Sasha: Olesya's remark that she wants a child under thirty did not sound like an ultimatum to me, on the contrary, it was very delicate. It's not like that phrase pinned me to the wall. But this conversation was four years ago, I was then 23 years old, and I did not understand what children were. I didn’t even have a feeling of emotion - well, there, when young girls see babies and fall into ecstasy. But when I began to think about the child in the context of our relationship with Olesya, my perception changed. I realized that with this person I would like this. Olesya and I always formed like gears in everything, and I quickly realized that we had developed in this matter as well.
Olesya: After this conversation, there was no such thing that we immediately rushed to give birth. Rather, it was that conversation when the couple should have an understanding of how much their long-term goals coincide. Then we traveled for a long time, enjoyed each other - that period when you are young, beautiful. A lot of sex, new experiences, complete freedom of action. We are glad that we allowed ourselves a few years of carelessness before having a baby.
IVF and donor selection
Sasha: We also traveled well because in our case, having a child is a very expensive process, and we understood that for a long time after the birth of the baby we could afford little. We began to learn about the options and options for how to have a child exactly a year ago, before Olesya's birthday. Read forums, thematic groups. As a result, we realized that we see two optimal options for ourselves. This is artificial insemination, when sperm is injected into the uterine cavity, and IVF. The first option fell off for medical reasons, and we decided on the second.
Olesya: Of course, it would be ideal to go the way when they would take an egg from Sasha, fertilize it, then implant it in me ... But this is a very difficult path and a lot of stress for the body. So we settled on IVF. I don’t see a problem in this, I think that the child born by me will be loved by Sasha just as if we had gone the other way.
Sasha: The donor was chosen in one of the sperm banks in Moscow. There is also a very large network of sperm banks "Krios" - they have the most complete donor profiles. You can hear his voice, see his childhood photos - but such centers exist only in Europe. Nothing similar could be found in Moscow. Therefore, we chose a donor according to the criteria that were available in the center where we stopped.
We did not have any exorbitant requirements, we tried to ensure that the donor was as similar as possible to Olesya and me. To have fewer questions. That is, we chose a blond with bright eyes, tall. Our donor also has two higher educations from Moscow State University, he is 26 years old. Of course, we thought about why the guy would go to “surrender” to the sperm bank. Probably, mainly because of the money - they are well paid, plus they are thoroughly examined. Although it is difficult to fit in my head - how to live, knowing that you may have a child, and not one. But this is a completely different question.
Pregnancy
Olesya: When all the tests were ready, the necessary preparations were made, the doctors performed the IVF procedure with me. I will not go into details, it is not a secret how this happens.
After the egg was implanted in me, an exciting, but also very difficult moment began. You don’t know if it worked out or not, you need to inject injections in the stomach, tension flows into hysteria. Sasha supported me very much, imbued with my condition - she endured everything, my tears, whims.
Sasha: It was very hard. In fact, you are waiting for your period to start or not. If it starts, then it failed. I remember when Olesya nevertheless had the first signs that menstruation was approaching. Doctors said that there could be a small discharge, even if you managed to get pregnant. And we tried to believe, lived for several days in hope, until we realized that everything, a full-fledged menstruation began, and this means that we did not succeed.
Olesya: I remember that moment when at the doctor's appointment we were confirmed that I was not pregnant. I had a tantrum, I burst into tears right in the office. Then we sort of breathed out. But accepting the fact that the magic didn't happen wasn't easy. But time passed, and we decided on a second attempt. Sasha had to fly on a flight, and I had to go through the whole process alone.
Sasha: And it worked the second time.
Olesya: The first unsuccessful attempt crippled us emotionally, sobered us up, or something. Therefore, we did not experience enchanting joy when the doctors confirmed the pregnancy. Rather, they were treated with caution - if only everything was fine further.
Sasha: Olesya developed a terrible toxicosis, just a nightmare. And I couldn’t find a place for myself, that she was suffering, and I couldn’t help her in any way. Of course, her mood jumped, whims and other “diseases” of pregnant women appeared, but I reacted to everything, it seems to me, stoically. Always supported her - even stopped drinking alcohol. So that she does not have the feeling that I am relaxing in a way that she cannot.
Olesya: The thought was spinning in my head throughout the pregnancy: “If you want to check the feelings of another person for you, get pregnant.” Because if someone endures you in this state, it's definitely love. I was unbearable!
Olesya: We initially decided that we would find out the gender. Many couples choose not to. The name was an agreement. If a girl is born - I call, if a boy - Sasha calls. Of the male ones, we still like the name Maxim. But, of course, I want to give birth, to look at him - maybe a completely different name will suit him.
I really wanted a girl, categorically did not want a boy. I had a fear of how to educate them, that they generally need to make a normal man, and not one of those that I have to observe in public transport - which from childhood they lick, pity and raise self-esteem to the skies, while this is completely without cultivating respect for women's rights. This is my experience of communication and perception of men in Russia. And yes, it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a lesbian.
Sasha: By the way, in the Olesya metro station in the ninth month of pregnancy, women most often give way. The men sitting next to them usually lower their eyes to the phone.
Parents' views
and coming out
Olesya: Question from mom “When will you get married, when will you have children?” I heard from my mother since I was sixteen. But if earlier these were questions with an eye to the future, then after twenty-five they began to sound on the forehead. It was very important for my family that I realized this way. And if I married a man, gave birth to a child according to the traditional scheme, then they would be terribly proud of me, they would buy an apartment and all that for joy. If I bring Sasha into the house and tell him what and how - there will be huge problems. I will have to explain to the adults of the Soviet generation why it is normal that our son does not grow up to be a slut.
Therefore, a legend was invented for my parents that I had an unhappy love. Well, there was a guy, then we broke up, and I found out that I was pregnant. And since my family has a sharply negative attitude towards abortion, the question of whether it is possible not to give birth was not even raised. Mom was immediately overjoyed. Dad is a man of severe hardening, without sentimentality. I expected some kind of emotional reaction from him, but this did not happen. That is, my dad finds out that he will soon become a grandfather, and his first question is: “Will you apply for alimony?” - despite the fact that our family does not need alimony at all.
I'm not going to tell my parents about the real state of things. Although I admit the idea that we may think worse about our parents ... Maybe they would understand. After all, we never really talked about the LGBT community in the family. Once it just flashed by, my mother said that, they say, oh, can you imagine, it turned out that our friend's daughter is a lesbian, but you don't happen to? With a fright, with a nervous laugh, I said: “No, mom, what are you doing.” It probably saves me that I look feminine, and my parents have the same terrible stereotype in their heads that a lesbian is something rude and masculine.
Sasha: My parents are aware. And in my case, talking to them was an emotional impulse - the conversation happened unexpectedly for me. I realized that if I told my mother, I would feel better. After all, it's hard to constantly invent stories about some boys, love affairs - to lie, in a word. For me, this state was painful, especially when questions pour in for no reason and you need to come up with answers to them online. As a result, I scribbled a letter to my mother, I could not tell everything over the phone. Crossed, sent. She told Olesya that she decided to open up to her mother.
Parents said, they say, Sasha, well, you are probably alone there in Moscow, it’s hard to find a suitable man
Olesya: It happened six months after we started dating. Then I thought: “Damn, why!” Before that, I already had a story when a girl told her parents - and a nightmare began: they began to climb, interfere.
Olesya: There was a moment of justification, such a purely Soviet one, that, they say, Sasha, well, you are probably alone there in Moscow, it’s hard for you, you can’t find a suitable man. This, of course, is fundamentally wrong - to perceive our union as a necessary measure, and not a conscious choice, but the main thing is that her mother tried to understand and accepted Sasha's choice.
Sasha: After some time, my father and mother came to visit us in Moscow. When I asked my mother not to let my father in on my personal life, it was because he is a very conservative man, of the old school. I think he still does not fully understand our relationship. However, they became very good friends with Olesya, he constantly sends her greetings, is interested in her well-being.
Olesya: Yes, and with my mother Sasha, we became very close. Moreover, Sasha told me even earlier that her mother and I would definitely make friends, since we are very similar. It's comfortable with her. After the inevitable moment of embarrassment, everything went well. It's great that Sasha's parents don't interfere, don't "treat" her. Nevertheless, I am aware that our son, rather, will not be perceived by them as a grandson, despite the fact that Sasha will consider him to be his own. And I understand it.
Positioning yourself in society
Sasha: All the time they went to the centers and clinics, they positioned themselves as sisters. I appear in all documents as a confidant to always be there.
Olesya: When you come to the center, you fill out such a huge pile of questionnaires with very personal questions. Up to when you lost your virginity and other moments of sexual persuasion. But the most interesting thing is that at the end of the contract that we concluded for IVF, there were also two questionnaires - and the second ... for my husband. I remember when I said that it was not needed, the employees were very surprised. They probably couldn’t understand why I wanted to become, as they thought, a single mother.
Sasha: Yes, such a reaction of the staff was read constantly. Everyone had a silent question in their eyes.
Olesya: In interaction with society, we are saved by the fact that we look feminine. Besides, they are similar. Most often we are mistaken for sisters. And all our touches are attributed to quivering relationships. But I assure you that if we looked more masculine, then there would be conflicts unambiguously. And given the addition to the family, we do not need them. Even about the photo shoot for this material, at first they wanted to do it with open faces. Friends told us how it can come back to haunt us later - now there are a lot of crazy activists who persecute same-sex couples.
Sasha: For neighbors and acquaintances who are not in the know, we will adhere to the position of "my sister and I." Under the guise that Sasha lives with me to help. At work, I only know a few guys with whom we became close friends.
Olesya: I don't work now, for obvious reasons. I have two higher educations, I worked as an art critic at the Museum of Contemporary Art Art4.ru, then the crisis struck, and I was laid off. Then I worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but I quickly realized that my personal life would always have to be hidden there, homophobia was in the air there, and secondly, I realized that a woman, no matter how talented she was, would have to build a career many times longer than a man. As a result, before pregnancy, she was engaged in translations.
Maternity hospital, discharge and future
Olesya: There was not much choice among maternity hospitals - there are not so many good ones. Everyone says that the best PMC in Sevastopol, we were there, but it is rather the most expensive. And the quality is almost the same as in the district clinic. We found another one, gave 300 thousand under the contract, this is the middle category. Another 100 thousand cost the first month and a half, while I went to the doctor, passed various tests, underwent examinations. So far, the birth itself, without taking into account IVF attempts, has cost 400 thousand, but this account remains open - today the device was handed over 800 rubles a day. It seems that I don’t need it, but I don’t want to argue with the doctor either.
Sasha: We will not arrange an event from the extract. Sasha and I are self-sufficient in this regard, like Sherochka and Masherochka. We will post maximum photos on Instagram for friends.
Olesya: About self-sufficient - it's true. The birth will begin, perhaps Sasha will be on the flight, and nothing, I will call the doctor, everything will be in order. Yesterday, for example, Sasha was also on a flight, I myself assembled a bed from Ikea. We bought everything from the necessary, but at a minimum. There is no experience, but everyone advises different things. The room now has a crib, a changing table, a large bed for me, so as not to disturb Sasha when she needs to sleep before work.
Sasha: Yes, I also think that these are organizational moments. Questions that we have yet to answer will appear in the future. Difficulties will begin when the child, for example, goes to kindergarten, sees that someone is being taken away by dads. Will ask: "Where is mine?" Or they will ask him where his dad is.
Olesya: We understand that we will need to explain to our son that he has two mothers, we will try to do this. Tell why it happened, make sure that he is not shy about it and, if anything, he can always rebuff his peers. We will tell him that there are different formats of families that he needs to accept from birth, the color of your eyes, gender, parents. It seems to me that we will succeed. Of course, it is difficult to talk about this in advance, but we are already thinking about it a lot.
Sasha: I am afraid that when the son becomes a conscious person, he will want to know who was the donor, that is, his father. Especially during adolescence.
Olesya: I am also preparing myself for this moment. But I would like to raise a person who will appreciate what he has, and not what could be.
By the way, there are many heterosexual families around us, and we look at them - and not to say that we see examples to follow. We do not feel that if our child grew up in such a family, he would be happier than with us.
P.S.
By the time of publication, Olesya and Sasha had a son, Maxim Aleksandrovich. Aleksandrovich - in honor of Sasha.
Yesterday it became known that another same-sex couple officially legalized their relationship: the lead singer of The Gossip, shocking Beth Ditto married her longtime girlfriend Kristen Ogata. The wedding ceremony took place in Hawaii in the presence of a hundred friends and relatives of the couple. Beth appeared at the altar in a dress designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, which was once.
Open same-sex relationships are not uncommon today, and more and more gay couples are striving to create a full-fledged family and get married. Let's see which of the celebrities with non-traditional sexual orientation has already decided on this important step and legalized their relationship in accordance with all the rules.
Elton John and David Furnish
The British musician and his husband are perhaps the most famous homosexual couple in the world. Their relationship cannot be officially called a marriage (in the language of UK law, their union is called a “civil partnership”), but this does not change the essence of things. Elton and David legalized their relationship in 2005 at the Windsor Municipal Hall, where Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles once married. Among those invited were such eminent guests as Madonna, Sting and Rod Stewart, and Victoria Beckham acted as a witness from John.
According to Elton, meeting David was "the happiest moment of his life." They met in 1993, a little later, Furnish helped his famous lover to finally cope with alcohol and drug addiction. Now the couple is considering officially getting married and throwing two magnificent weddings: one in Britain, the other in the USA.
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
The famous TV presenter and actress got married in California in August 2008. The wedding ceremony was very modest - 19 guests, including the mothers of the heroes of the occasion - which cannot be said about Portia's engagement ring, whose ring finger was adorned with a 3-carat pink diamond. At the moment, Ellen and Portia are raising three dogs and four cats, but are increasingly thinking about children.
Michael Kors and Lance Leper
"America's best designer", according to Heidi Klum, and his colleague, the creative director of the Michael Kors house, have been waiting for a long time for the law on the legalization of same-sex marriages to come into force in New York. After signing the law in 2011, Kors immediately proposed to his lover, whom he met over 20 years ago when he came to an internship at the Kors fashion house. The wedding ceremony took place in a relaxed atmosphere on one of the beaches of Southampton - the groom and the groom were in white light suits, barefoot.
Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni
Cynthia Nixon is a very brave woman. She decided to leave her husband after 15 years of marriage and the birth of two children and not to another man, but to the woman she loved. The act of the star of "Sex and the City" shocked her fans, but they did not begin to love her less. Cynthia and Christine met under very funny circumstances. As active women, they took part in the action against cuts in the budget of public schools, and went straight from there to the police for disturbing the public peace. Since then, the women have not parted. Together they went through a lot - through a misunderstanding of loved ones, through the cancer that Cynthia was diagnosed with and which she successfully overcame. The couple got married in New York in 2012, the year before they had a son.
Darren Hayes and Richard Cullen
Savage Garden's soloist's revelations about his sexual orientation may not have been as big a scandal as Ricky Martin's coming out, but they really surprised fans. Hayes came out as gay in 2000, when he divorced his first wife, and in 2006 entered into a "civil partnership" with Richard Cullen, a London-based cartoonist. According to Darren, his real family life with Richard began long before marriage, but "disrespect from society" prompted him to legitimize the relationship.
