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Why are there so few high profile lesbian couples?

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VeronicaSawyer89 · 17/12/2023 18:21

I've just been watching a MsMojo youtube video - Top 20 celebrity couple splits of 2023. And it struck me that there were a good mix of straight and gay (male) couples in the chart. Obviously good that no lesbian couples split up, but why are there so few celebrity lesbian couples compared to celebrity gay male couples?

I can only think of 3 - Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi, Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison, and Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer. Is this just old-fashioned sexism here? Where men are prioritised over women? Or is it that fewer lesbians feel comfortable coming out because of the abuse they will inevitably get?

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Gwenhwyfar · 17/12/2023 20:02

Torganer · 17/12/2023 18:29

Fiona Shaw & Sonali Deraniyagala
Jodie Foster & Alexandra Hedison
Kate McKinnon & Jackie Abbott
Jane Wagner & Lily Tomlin (together 50yrs!)
Jennifer Cheyne & Jane Lynch
Christine Marinoni & Cynthia Nixon
Melissa Etheridge & Linda Wallem
Sarah Paulson & Holland Taylor
Rebel Wilson & Ramona Agruma
Beanie Feldstein & Bonnie Chance Roberts

The only one I've heard of is Jodi Foster. The name Rebel Wilso also rings bell, but the other are completely unknown to me.
Oh hold on - I know Cynthia Nixon too, but not her girlfriend.

RoyalCorgi · 17/12/2023 19:44

Martina Navratilova and Julia Lemigova spring to mind, though perhaps Julia doesn't really count as a celebrity.

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VeronicaSawyer89 · 17/12/2023 19:39

PinkFrogss · 17/12/2023 18:30

I think it depends on what you count as a celebrity. There are quite a few women on the England football squad that are lesbians. I can think of some TV presenters too.

You're right, the video was all American couples and I'd completely forgotten about the lesbians on the England football squad.

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VeronicaSawyer89 · 17/12/2023 19:35

Torganer · 17/12/2023 18:29

Thank you! I'd forgotten about Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Paulson. ETA and Rebel Wilson.

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ItAintGonnaGoDownEasyIfItAintCheezy · 17/12/2023 18:44

Anna Richardson & Sue Perkins are the only ones that come to mind if I were asked who is lesbian.

And Skin from Skunk Anansi, but I don't know the name of her wife/partner.

nettie434 · 17/12/2023 18:37

If you look at women's football, there are many lesbian couples. To use a example, Beth Mead described her and and Viv Midema as 'the lesbian Posh and Becks'. For many years, women's football got very little attention and players were not under pressure to conform to a heterosexual stereotype.

I was so slow posting this that I missed the other post making a point about women footballers. 😳

Crikeyalmighty · 17/12/2023 18:31

Clare balding and Alice Arnold

PinkFrogss · 17/12/2023 18:30

I think it depends on what you count as a celebrity. There are quite a few women on the England football squad that are lesbians. I can think of some TV presenters too.

Torganer · 17/12/2023 18:29

EmpressaurusOfCats · 17/12/2023 18:27

I think a lot of them nowadays will also be using that horrible word ‘queer’. It’s not fashionable to be a lesbian & if you are one, you’ll be pressured to support gender ideology & not talk about being same sex attracted.

Gwenhwyfar · 17/12/2023 18:24

Do you mean in proportion to the number of celebrities that are lesbians? Because there are many fewer lesbians than gay men (or at least who are out).

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