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Lang, who came out as a lesbian in a 1992 article of the LGBT-related news magazine The Advocate, has actively championed gay rights causes. She has performed and supported many causes over the years.

Melissa Etheridge
Her partner Julie Cypher gave birth to two children, Bailey Jean (born in 1997) and Beckett (born in November 1998), which were adopted by Melissa.

Sara Gilbert
Sara and her partner, Allison Adler, welcomed their first child, a boy, at the end of October 2004, after Adler gave birth in Los Angeles via a sperm donor.

Ellen DeGeneres
Since 2004, DeGeneres has been in a relationship with Portia de Rossi. After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California, DeGeneres announced on a May 2008 show that she and de Rossi were engaged, and gave de Rossi a three-carat pink diamond ring. They were married on August 16, 2008 at their home, with nineteen guests including their respective mothers. The passage of Proposition 8 cast doubt on the legal status of their marriage but a subsequent Supreme Court judgment validated it because it occurred before 4 November 2008

Cherry Jones Out of the closet since the beginning of her professional career in 1980, Cherry has been an outspoken advocate for gay rights ever since. She made theatre history on the Tony awards show when she thanked her partner after accepting the ‘Best Actress’ trophy for “The Heiress.” Can be seen in the television movie “24: Redemption” as well as the upcoming seventh season of “24” portraying the first female President of the United States, . Girlfriend of Sarah Paulson since 2003.