Random Famous Lesbians Who Were Once Married to Men (9 items)

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  (#1) Wanda Sykes

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  Wanda Sykes was married to Dave Hall from 1991-1998. In 2008, Sykes announced that she was gay. She married her partner, Alex Sykes, later that year.
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  (#2) Meredith Baxter

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  "Family Ties" actress Meredith Baxter was married to three men before she came out as a lesbian. She had two children with her first-husband, Robert Lewis Bush (m. 1966), and three with second-husband, David Birney (m. 1974). In 2009, Baxter revealed on "Today" that she is a lesbian and had been living with partner Nancy Locke since 2006. The couple married in December 2013.
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  (#3) Portia de Rossi

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  Portia de Rossi was married to Mel Metcalfe from 1996-1999. She publicly came out in 2005, and she has been married to Ellen DeGeneres since 2008.
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  (#4) Julie Cypher

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  Julie Cypher was married to La Bamba actor Lou Diamond Phillips from 1987-1990. From 1990-2000, she was in a relationship with musician Melissa Etheridge. She has two children with Etheridge, Bailey Jean (born 1997) and Beckett (born 1998). David Crosby fathered both children, and Cypher gave birth. She has been married to current husband Matthew Hale since 2004.
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  (#5) Alice Walker

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  The Color Purple author Alice Walker was married to Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal from 1967-1976. The couple had one daughter, the author Rebecca Walker (born 1969). Walker later had a relationship with the singer Tracy Chapman.
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  (#6) Frida Kahlo

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  Frida Kahlo twice married the painter Diego Rivera. She had several affairs with men and women during their relationship.
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  (#7) Anne Heche

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  Anne Heche had a three year relationship with Ellen DeGeneres from 1997-2000. She later married Coleman 'Coley' Laffoon, and the couple have one child together, Homer (born 2002). They divorced in 2007. Heche is currently in a relationship with James Tupper, and they have one son together, Atlas Heche Tupper (born 2009).
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  (#8) Lauren Morelli

  Screenwriter Lauren Morelli realized she was gay in fall 2012, while writing for the Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black." She and her husband, Steve Basilone, had just been married five months prior. In 2014, they divorced, and their documents indicated the split was amicable. After the couple announced their divorce, Morelli also announced she was dating "OITNB" star Samira Wiley.
  
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  (#9) Billie Jean King

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  Tennis player Billie Jean King was married to Larry King from 1965-1987. Her former female personal assistant and lover brought a lawsuit against her in 1981, and King was inadvertently outed. She divorced her husband in 1987, and began seeing former player Ilana Kloss.

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