Okay, so maybe Jane turns down bisexual artist Allison’s advances in Is It Fall Yet?, but we like to believe it’s because her heart will always belong to her BFF, Daria. Plus, it adds a whole other layer to all that Daria-Jane-Tom jealousy that we’d rather forget about.
The first openly lesbian Latine judge in Texas, Denise Hernández, was awarded the Bettie Naylor Award by the Human Rights Campaign last month for her outstanding dedication to LGBTQ+ rights and for paving the way for better regulations in courtrooms. The award was created in honor of Bettie Naylor, a lesbian Texan activist and founding member of the Human Rights Campaign.
In 2022, Travis County, Texas — which has a population of over 76 percent white residents and a male majority — made history by electing Hernández. And over the last three years, she has made it her mission to change the system.
Hernández, 38 (she/they), says that while growing up, she often acted as a court document translator for her migrant farm worker family as they navigated a justice system that regularly dehumanized and oppressed them.
A tireless advocate for social justice, Hernández holds various titles, including presiding judge of County Court at Law #6 and adjunct professor at Huston-Tillotson University and St. Edward’s University. They’re also the presiding judge of the Transformative Youth Justice Program, a community-centered diversion program for at-risk, system-impacted youth. Their work and dedication have been recognized locally and nationally, and their impact extends far beyond the courtroom.
“I have that firsthand experience of watching the dehumanization that happens in courtrooms … and that shaped my lived experience around how I see systems and how to bring humanity to the courtroom,” Hernández tells The Advocate.
Those experiences have not only shaped her perspective as a system-impacted person, but it now drives her passion as a professional who influences the law and runs a courtroom — one of the youngest to do so in Texas.
“It’s really what sparked the beginning of my passion for the law, because I wanted to be someone who could fight for my parents, and that eventually shifted into ‘I want to become someone who will fight for my community.’ I carry that with me every day,” they say.
Since 2023, Hernández has been running the courtroom in her district and creating opportunities for youth to get their records expunged, while also ensuring that every room she enters knows that she is unapologetically and undoubtedly herself.
“Ever since I stepped into this role, [I have been determined] to ensure that my work helps create fair access and true equality in the courtroom,” Hernández says. “Meaning, that anybody, no matter their gender expression, their gender identity, or sexual orientation — feels safe in the courtroom and that they feel and know that they are receiving justice in the courtroom.”
Achieving true justice and equality in the courtroom starts with acknowledging people’s humanity, by respecting their chosen pronouns, and addressing them by their chosen or preferred names rather than dead names, according to Hernandez.
As part of her work to protect and advocate for marriage equality, Hernández officiates LGBTQ+ marriages for free every June.
“When the Texas Supreme Court changed some of the judicial rules around allowing judges to decline to perform marriage ceremonies for LGBTQ couples, I immediately knew that there was something that we needed to do to create safety for queer couples in Texas — to let them know that no matter what, there are safe judges here,” says Hernandez. “So, I’ve been doing free weddings every Pride month for the past four years.”
Hernández celebrates love and thrives on creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people and communities of color, to ensure they're treated with respect and dignity when dealing with the justice system in the conservative state.
“I’m the youngest judge in Travis County, so it’s hard navigating these systems as it is, but looking the way I do — being a queer person of color who is masc-presenting in Texas — I get undermined quite a bit,” they add. “But I have a fight in me that no one can ever take away, and I’m constantly fighting.”
This article was written as part of the Future of Queer Media fellowship program at our sister publication, The Advocate, which is underwritten by a generous gift fromMorrison Media Group. The program helps support the next generation of LGBTQ+ journalists.
Sapphic outlaw movies New Line Cinema; A24; Samuel Goldwyn Company
There are so many great lesbian movies out there, from heart-wrenching dramas to hilarious raunchy comedies to movies features lesbian dirtbag characters, but our favorite kind of sapphic film are lesbian crime thrillers.
Give us sapphic outlaws, hot lesbian chemistry, and thrilling criminal enterprises, and we will binge watch them all.
We love movies that feature complicated female characters who don’t act the way society has deemed appropriate. Normal crime thrillers can be boring, but throw in women behaving badly — especially if those women are lovers — and we are IN!
Basically, we love the kind of movie where the TLDR is: Be Gay. Do crime.
It used to be hard to find movies in this subgenre, but in the last couple of years we’ve been getting more and more films featuring lesbians committing crimes in the most entertaining way possible. So, here are 11 lesbian movies to scratch that particular sapphic criminal itch.
Love Lies Bleeding
Love Lies Bleeding
A24
Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian play lesbian lovers in a bloody crime movie. 'Nuff said. Ok, we'll say a little more. In Love Lies Bleeding, Stewart plays Lou, a gym owner/criminal, and O'Brian stars as a bodybuilder named Jackie, in this erotic thriller throwback. The movie is hot, steamy, and incredibly violent. Basically, it's everything we love in a film. Plus, KStew as a tank top-wearing buthc lesbian is our new favorite thing.
Where to watch: HBO Max
Bound
Bound
Gramercy Pictures
This mob-revenge movie has all of the crime, vengeance, and hot sex scenes between Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon that we could ever ask for in a lesbian thriller. There is a reason Bound sparked a queer awakening in so many ’90s teens!
The second chapter in Ethan Coen’s planned lesbian crime trilogy, Honey Don’t, stars Margaret Qualley as a private eye investigating a shady church leader (Chris Evans), and her love interest is none other than gay icon Aubrey Plaza.
Based on a popular manga series, Ride or Die follows Rei, who must go on the run with her longtime crush Nanae, after she kills the woman’s abusive husband. The rest of the film is a fugitive road trip move that focuses on the women’s complicated relationship and growing feelings.
This 1995 erotic thriller features Anne Heche as a bank executive-turned-escort who falls in love with the wife (Joan Chen) of a notorious money launderer played by Christopher Walken.
The movie credited with the start of Angelina Jolie and Jenny Shimizu’s relationship, Foxfire features a cast of high school girls who turn the tables on a teacher who made sexual advances.
We love movies about women behaving badly, so a film where Rosamund Pike plays a lesbian grifter who is constantly outsmarting men is right up our alley.
In this heist movie starring Vivica A. Fox and Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah play a butch lesbian bank robber. Need we say more? We didn’t think so.
In Monster, Charlize Theron plays real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and Christina Ricci plays her love interest, Selby Wall. It's gritty and bloody and gives you a fuller picture of why Wuornos became violent. If that's not enough to grab your attention, Theron won an Oscar for Best Actress for the role, and it was directed by Patty Jenkins, who went on to helm the two Wonder Woman movies.
Where to watch: Freevee
Eileen
Eileen
Neon
Eileen stars Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway in a dark and twisted film about what happens when the boundaries of friendship become dangerously blurred.
Where to watch: Hulu
Thelma and Louise
Thelma and Louise
Rex Features
While not textually queer, we’re still counting it because both Thelma and Louise leave behind unfulfilling relationships with men and commit to each other. Then there’s that farewell kiss that Susan Sarandon improvised! Plus, Sarandon said later that she thought her character would be a lesbian if the film had ended differently.
Butterfly Kiss is a twisted ‘90s thriller about an unhinged drifter, played by the talented Amanda Plummer, who travels around northern Britain killing men and women while searching for her former lover. Think Thelma and Louise meets the depravity of Natural Born Killers or Monster.
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke star as Drea and Eleanor, two high school students who band together to get revenge on their tormentors in this sapphic teenage crime movie set in this movie that is dripping with ‘90s references.
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X @antoniovenomous; CardiB/YouTube; Gramercy Pictures
Scissoring is forever on our minds and is frequently debated by lesbians everywhere. Whether you believe that the legendary sex act is actually a thing or not, you can’t deny the power it holds over everyone’s imagination.
Regardless of whether you’re a huge fan of the much-talked-about sex position or think it’s something that only belongs in lesbian porn aimed at straight men, it seems like it will forever remain in the zeitgeist. From explicitly queer TV shows like Orange is the New Blackto Katy Perry scissoring on stage at the VMAs, there have been key moments that have kept scissoring front and center in our collective memories.
So let’s take a walk down memory lane and celebrate the most memorable pop culture moments in scissoring history!
1. 'Blue is the Warmest Color'
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In Blue is the Warmest Color main character Adèle scissors the blue-haired Emma, in a scene that has become controversial because of the many lesbians who argue that scissoring is the domain of straight porn and not something real lesbians actually do. But y'all saw it tho, right? 🔥
2. Katy Perry scissoring on stage
At this year's VMAs, Katy Perry performed “I’m His He’s Mine” with queer rapper Doechii that got so steamy the two scissored each other as part of the performance.
3. Bound
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The sex scenes in the erotic thriller Bound are sexy, super horny, and full of undeniable chemistry between Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon. The accuracy of the lesbian sex scenes — which include scissoring and Tilly giving Gershon’s character a hand job — is thanks to the contribution of consultant Susie Bright.
4. Santana and Brittany on 'Glee'
While making out with Brittany on an episode of Glee, Santana casually mentions that it’s a “nice break from all that scissoring.”
5. Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
Screenshot via CardiB/YouTube
Last year, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion collabed on the song “Bongos,” and the sexy music video features the two singers scissoring while wearing revealing red swimsuits — it’s hot!
6. 'Real Housewives' gives a scissoring demo
During a conversation about whether the women on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills would ever date a woman, Kyle Richards — who was making headlines at the time because of a rumored relationship with a female country singer Morgan Wade — demonstrated how to scissor with co-star Dorit Kemsley.
"When I was in Cabo with my friends a question came up about scissoring," Kyle said to the group who looked confused about what the term meant, "Here Dorit, should we show them?"
need her on coachella main stage with a full pair of scissors stat @reneé @coachella #reneerapp #coachella #talktoomuchreneerapp
In case you missed Coachella this year, Reneé Rapp quite possibly had the dyk-iest set ever when she was introduced by creator of The L Word star Ilene Chaiken and stars Leisha Hailey, Kate Moennig, and Jennifer Beals before dancing with girlfriend Towa Bird in front a giant pair of interlocking scissors. Could it get any more Sapphic than that?
8. 'The Handmaiden'
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The Handmaiden, an adaptation of Sarah Water’s novel Fingersmith, has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing through the entire runtime, but it’s the sex scene between the two main female characters — which includes frantic, bell-ringing scissoring — that will likely stick in your mind until the end of time.
9. Unsimulated scissoring on 'The Real L Word'
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While every moment in pop culture history so far has featured simulated scissoring or people talking about it, but The Real L Word went all the way. In one episode of the reality TV show, Kelsey and Romi scissor on camera in an unstimulated sex scene that stirred up some controversy.
“I think it got a lot of attention because it had never been shown before,” Kelsey told Autostraddle back in 2011. “It’s something that is very natural. In my opinion it’s not raunchy at all. It something that– you know, its making love. And people will always criticize stuff that isn’t familiar to them or something that‘s not fully accepted. And that’s why I’m glad that I did it because its out there and it needs to be accepted.
10. Gay pop group the Scissor Sisters
Pop group the Scissor Sisters, who started their career in the gay nightlife scene in New York, named their grammy-nominated band after the much-talked about lesbian sex act.
11. 'Book Smart'
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In the Olivia Wilde-directed raunchy teen comedy Book Smart, Molly and Amy beat the merits of scissoring, much like every lesbian friend group ever.
"Do you know how many girls are gonna be swimming in your vagina next year?" Molly asks Amy. "Every time I come to visit you, you're going to be scissoring a different girl."
Amy responds, "Dude, scissoring is not a thing."
"Don't knock it until you try it," Molly says. That seems like a good life lesson.
12. Anthony Bowens scissors a granny
Out wrestler Anthony Bowen’s signature catchphrase “Scissor me Daddy Ass” went from dirty to adorable when he stops to say hi to a “granny” from the crowd and proceeds to scissor her... fingers that is!
13. Did a Nickelodeon show reference scissoring?
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On the Nickelodeon show Victorious, Jade talked about how her favorite film is a horror movie called The Scissoring. Scissors featured in the movie, but we know what they were trying to do. I mean, c’mon!
14. 'Orange is the New Black'
Courtesy of Netflix
During an especially graphic sex scene on Netflix's iconic show, Orange is the New Black, Poussey has to give up on a sex act that just isn't working out, telling her girlfriend, "I told you scissoring wasn't a thing."
15. The time Elliot Page talked about scissoring on 'SNL'
Elliot Page starred in a Saturday Night Live skit back in 2008 where Page’s character excitedly recounts an experience at a Melissa Etheridge concert and says the iconic line, “Why can’t I just hug a woman with my legs in friendship?”
“Love scissoring,” Rapp said. “Because some people are like noooo, no, no, no, and like are we dense? Of course!”
Windey also admitted that while her wife, Robby Hoffman, isn’t into it, she’s “always begging to scissor.”
Our trip through pop culture history didn't settle the debate about scissoring, but it is incredible that in a culture that demonizes queerness of any kind, a sex act synonymous with lesbianism is so frequently referenced, talked about, and portrayed on screen.
soccer stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press Team Up With Pup Bobbi to Promote Dog AdoptionFamily Goals Campaign
Soccer superstars and gay athlete power couple Christen Press and Tobin Heath have a new member of the family, and they want the whole world to know about it!
Press, who currently plays for Angel City Football Club in the NWSL, and Heath have been a couple for nine years. They played together for several years on the USNWT and won back-to-back World Cups with the team in 2015 and 2019.
Now, the couple has teamed up with PETA for a new campaign sharing how their adopted dog has improved their lives and encouraging others to adopt pets as well.
The soccer players star in a new video where they tell the story of how they adopted their dog, Bobbi. In the video, Heath reveals that Bobbi started as a foster dog for the couple, but they couldn't imagine giving her up and ended up adopting her permanently.
"She has changed my life," Heath says. "She has given me so much more than we could have ever imagined. It's really cool to have an extra heartbeat in the house."
Press spoke with PRIDE about the campaign, their dog, and her and Heath's plans for their family and the future.
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PRIDE: Where does adopting a foster dog rank on your list of Gayest Accomplishments?
Christen Press: [Laugh] I don't know. I think you have to tell me. We were not planning to foster or to adopt. And it all just happened to us in the loveliest of ways. We were very proud DINKs. I think some people think you can still say double income, no kids with a dog, but I don't. The dog is definitely a large-budget item in our lives now. But yeah, we're loving being young dog parents.
How has adopting a dog changed your life?
A lot of the reason that I wanted to try fostering in the first place was just because Tobin and I are very work-oriented people. And I think being athletes, you don't really know another way other than giving your whole self to your career. And as we enter the last phase of our playing career and, like, start to transition to the next phase, I wanted, honestly, to remind Tobin that there are other things in life other than work that can be quite lovely and nourishing.
And I think that without kind of disrupting the cycle that we're in of like work, work, work between playing and running our business, I needed to disrupt that cycle to just remind us both that there are a lot of ways to have a full and lovely life.
How did Bobbi go from being a foster to a permanent adoption?
I was thinking I'm going to adopt a dog that's not the normal type of dog that Tobin and I have talked about. I'm going to foster a dog that's outside of the norm of what we've talked about that we would have for a dog. Because then it'll be easier to foster, and we'll find a great home, and it'll be so great.
And then we'll have reminded ourselves that we care for things and love things and talk about family planning and all that. And then within three days, I said to Tobin, Oh, we have to take Bob, whose name was Bingo. Bingo is her foster name. We have to take her to Puppy Yoga so she gets adopted. And Tobin was like, "My dog is not going to an adoption yoga session." I was like, well, I guess we've changed our tune here!
Honestly, I wish Tobin was on the phone because she would tell you like Bob has already changed her life. And she started saying that, like on day four, which I thought was quite comical to be honest. But I think it was just such a big shift for us because our job can be so selfish. It can be like, "I have to eat. I have to sleep. I have to travel. I miss my friend's weddings." Like, just this all-encompassing dedication to your craft.
That it's been a really, really big shift for us to say, you know, "We have to come home, take care of the dog. We got to rewrite our schedules. We have to change our lives." And I think we had seen that as like responsibility… [and hadn't thought about] like the joy of coming home to your dog. Like leaving the party early and coming home to just be home with your pup.
I think we had seen that only as something that we didn't want. And with Bob, we realized it was such an important part of life to be able to choose to make sacrifices to take care of something else. And it's been a really, really beautiful addition to our life and family.
What does the next phase include for you?
Well, I do know that there will be at some point life after soccer. And I don't know when that is.
I think the reason that Tobin and I work really well together is we're similar in that we leave a lot of space for exploration. And so, while we've been playing, we've been running our business. So we already have like next phases layered in, and we're co-CEOs. So there's like a natural step ladder for us.
At the same time, Tobin's been doing all sorts of stuff. She's with FIFA at the Men's World Cup as an analyst. She started the World Sevens. And so she's just trying all different things with an open mind and like an eye towards exploration.
And whenever my time at Angel City comes to an end, if it's this year or if it's next year, you know, it's not that far away. And I am excited for an opportunity to travel, an opportunity to explore what other career I might have. And to explore the idea of what it would be like to be, you know, family first, either one of us or both of us, if we decided to grow our family any more.
You and Tobin have been letting the public into your private lives more recently. Why now?
I think as we spend more time in front of the camera on our podcast, the relationship that we have with our community has just grown. And it really is like a two-way relationship that I don't think that most athletes get with their community that we have because of our business. And we have a membership within our business where people interact with our community all the time, right? And so, like, at some point, the lines blur between who's our close friends in real life and who are like these people that we represent and we play for, and they listen to us talk about our problems. And there, it became more intimate, our relationship with the public. And I think that's when we became more comfortable sharing it.
I think that for Tobin and I, we've always believed that it can be tricky to have a public relationship because, to be fair, most of what we've seen is that the women's soccer community really, really loves an openly gay couple, right? And I think the gay community is craving representation, and we really need that, right? So, in a way, the reason that we were at first keeping ourselves more private is so that our relationships stayed sacred for us. And it never became like a business. It never became like, "Oh, it makes sense to do this because, like, this is how we make our money." You know? And with our teammates and other public figures, straight and gay, you can see how that is a tricky thing to navigate.
Of course, we want to be proud and loud and like represent the queer community, of course. But at the same time, it was important for Tobin and I to be athletes first, individual athletes, and businesswomen. And for us to be a brand that's united has been a slow journey that has become more possible as our relationship has become sturdier over time.
Are you proud to be working with PETA on this campaign?
To be a part of this campaign with PETA is such an honor.
And now, 10 years later, it's me and my wife, and our dog inside of our home. And it's like the intimacy is growing. And I am proud of that. And I think it's been really special how we've allowed our relationship with the public and with the community to sort of just slowly and organically blossom and not snowball into something that we weren't ready for. And I'm excited to see what happens next.
Why are you encouraging others to adopt pets?
I just say from the bottom of my heart, I think that there's so many ways that we can all contribute to the world and make our mark. But adopting a pup is a really beautiful thing. And I can't imagine that a gorgeous, smart, hardworking, adorable, lovable dog like mine could be out there and not have a home. But there's billions of them, right? And I just want to encourage people to take a look because taking from a shelter, from rescue organizations, is really important and it's really fulfilling. And it makes Tobin and I really proud. And we hope that and encourage people to look into it and explore with us as well.
From left: Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Jay-Z, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
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From left: Jena Malone, Jodie Foster, Jay-Z, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Featureflash photo Agency/Shutterstock; Tinseltown/Shutterstock; Tinseltown/Shutterstock; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic
While Republicans like to make it seem like LGBTQ+ moms are a brand new invention, there have always been lesbian and trans moms raising kids, and these celebs are proof.
From rappers to actresses, these famous stars were lovingly raised by sapphic women, some of whom came out before they were born, and others who had to wait until later in life. And despite being in the public eye, these famous “kids” are proud of their queer heritage.
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
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In 2016, This Is Us star Mandy Moore revealed that her mother had left her father for a woman. Moore has been incredibly supportive of her mother since she came out and her two brothers, who are also gay.
“Nobody is hiding who they are. There are no secrets in our lives. I love and support my mom and my brothers with my whole heart,” Moore told People. “And nothing makes me happier than seeing anybody live their authentic self, and to choose love. If anyone can find love, I support it, I salute you, and I celebrate that.”
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
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Jay-Z, rapper and husband to Beyoncé, was raised by openly gay mother Gloria Carter. Jay-Z wrote about his mother’s coming out in his song “Smile,” which contains the lyrics, “Mama had four kids, but she’s a lesbian. Had to pretend so long that she’s a thespian.”
Carter came out to her son later in life and opened up about the experience on the D’USSE Friday podcast. “Besides your mother, this is the person that I am,” she said, according to Billboard. “This is the life that I live. So my son started actually tearing. ‘Cause he’s like, ‘That had to be a horrible life, Ma’. I was like, ‘My life was never horrible. It was just different.’ So that made him want to do a song about it.”
Kendall and Kylie Jenner
Kendall and Kylie Jenner
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Reality TV stars Kendall and Kylie Jenner are the daughters of Caitlyn Jenner, who came out as transgender in 2015 in an in-depth interview with Diane Sawyer. The Trump-supporting former Olympian, went on to star in the reality show I Am Cait, which chronicles her experiences after coming out as a trans woman.
50 cent
50 Cent
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Rapper 50 Cent is a child of a lesbian mom. His mother passed away when the hip-hop superstar was only eight years old, and while it wasn’t always clear to him as a kid that his mom was gay, his grandmother helped him to understand. “My mom was a lesbian. Yeah, she liked women. My whole childhood was like that,” 50 Cent told Perez Hilton in 2012.
Amy Adams
Amy Adams
Fred Duval
Amy Adams may have grown up in the famously conservative Mormon religion, but her parents ended up getting a divorce in the '80s, and her mother Kathryn began building a new life with a woman. Adams is very supportive of her mom and in 2020 posted a Mother’s Day message on Instagram, writing, “You are unique, creative, and crazy fearless in the best way. Thank you for always encouraging me to face my fears. Love you!”
Ally Sheedy
Ally Sheedy
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Brat Pack member Ally Sheedy was raised by her gay mother, Charlotte, who divorced The Breakfast Club star’s father in 1971. "My mom's been such a champion," Sheedy said to the Windy City Times in 2011. "She's always been really politically conscious and active. That's what I remember growing up. I mean, I remember growing up during the women's liberation movement when people were gay, they were straight, they were this, they were that...there were no stereotypes ... so, I never had a moment where people were straight and then they were suddenly gay. It was my world.”
Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista has been open about his proud he is of his lesbian mother, Donna Raye, for years. He has been making heartwarming social media posts about his queer mom since 2019, once writing on Instagram, “I was always proud of who my mom was because she was always proud of who she was,” he wrote. “In your face, ‘F*ck you if you don’t like it,’ unapologetically loud and proud. And her son [paid] attention. BE LOUD, BE PROUD, BE YOU.”
Jena Malone
Jena Malone
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Love Lies Bleeding star Jena Malone was raised by two moms, and remembers childhood fondly. "I was raised by two mums who were lovers," Malone toldThe Independent in 2008. "When I was younger it wasn't anything that was abnormal. I had two mums and for me that was really exciting because when I was younger most people seemed to like their mum more than their dad so I'd be like, 'Ha, I've got two of them!' And I feel I got a lot of love, respect and acceptance from them. I had a really healthy normal relationship with my parents."
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
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Oscar winner Jodie Foster was raised by her gay mother, Evelyn "Brandy" Foster, who carted the Nyad actress around to acting gigs starting when she was a little kid.
"Evelyn was without a doubt the strongest person her family has ever met, a champion, a fighter, full of fire and love,” Foster wrote in her mother’s obituary after she passed away in 2019. "No one could beat her style, all five feet tall with naturally 'cork screw' hair. Her family will remember those dimple smiles and big hugs and well-placed four-letter words. No one messed with Nana, an original like no other. May she live in all of us forever."
Joe Valentine
Joe Valentine
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Major League Baseball star Joe Valentine was raised by his lesbian mother Deb Valentine, and her partner, Doreen Price. The former Cincinnati Reds player opened up about his mom’s sexuality back in 2005 and expected to get a lot of backlash, but luckily, the hate never came.
“It’s no different than having a mother and father,” Valentine said at the time. “These are the two women who raised me, and they are wonderful people. It’s just not a big deal to me. Why should it be?”
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
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Actress Dorthy Dandridge’s mother, Ruby, was bisexual and entered into a long-term relationship with a woman named Geneva Williams not long after divorcing Dandridge’s father.
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