IOL Queer + Mag - March 2021

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Love is

beautiful in all its forms and the celebrities on our queer celebrity power couples list have proved that

Caster Semenya and Violet Raseboya

Conventional queer relationships LIAM KARABO JOYCE liam.joyce@inl.co.za

NOW more than ever, representation is important, and while it’s great to celebrate new kids on the block, there have been queer celebrities who have pushed the boundaries for decades. Love is beautiful in all its forms and the people on our queer celebrity power couples

Jwan Yosef and Ricky Martin

list have proved that. From Elton John and David Furnish, who started dating in 1993, to Billy Porter and Adam Smith, who got married in 2017, here is our list. Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef In January 2018, the couple took fans by surprise by announcing their marriage. “When I first saw him, I said, ‘I am going to marry this guy.’ And apparently, he said exactly the same thing,” Martin told Attitude magazine in March 2018. “We know that we carry this flag, and if we’re going to carry this flag, let’s sway this flag really loudly. Because at the end of the day, we’re proud of who we are.” The duo share four children: twins Matteo and Valentino, daughter Lucia and son Renn. Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor After meeting years earlier,

Holland Taylor, left, and Sarah Paulson | EMMA MCINTYRE /VF19/WireImage

the American Crime Story actress and Taylor confirmed their romance in 2016. “If my life choices had to be predicted based on what was expected from me from a community on either side, that’s going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don’t want to feel that,” Paulson told The New York Times that year. “What I can say absolutely is that I am in love,


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