After a tumultuous year, it’s time to highlight some of our favourite LGBTQ+ celeb relationship stories of 2025. It is always incredibly heartwarming to see queer celebs and those in the public eye showing off their loved ones! From Olympic athletes to the founder of Crumbl cookies, 2025 has been a year of high-profile hard launches for LGBTQ+ stars across the globe.
Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker
Although the rumours were rampant for quite some time, the boygenius bandmates confirmed their relationship in March of this year, when Lucy Dacus was interviewed by The New Yorker. Fans were gushing over the wholesome duo, and even Phoebe Bridgers took to Instagram (always a momentous occasion) to share a picture of the boygenius trio with herself jokingly blurred out. As Lucy went on tour this year for her album Forever is a Feeling, she shared the love with her fans, officiating marriages on stage across the US during her concerts.
Dan and Phil
The internet went wild this October when YouTube duo Dan and Phil confirmed their 16-year-long relationship. Having come out as gay in 2019, the pair officially announced that ‘Phan’ is real in a 46-minute YouTube video, “Are Dan and Phil in a relationship?” A big day for the chronically online, Phil told viewers: “If you’ll have us, we’d love to just finally be ourselves and do what we love”.
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Jade Carey and Aimee Sinacola
USA Gymnastics star Jade Carey hard-launched her relationship with Aimee Sinacola in March of this year, with fans and fellow Olympians flooding the comments with love and support. Sinacola, who previously worked as Director of Creative Content for the sports teams at the University of Oregon, also shared posts on social media to hard-launch the couple’s relationship. This was the first time Olympic medalist Carey publicly addressed her sexuality, and fans were thrilled to see the star happy and in love!
Elliot Page and Julia Shiplett
Beloved actor Elliot Page launched his relationship with Overcompensating star Julia Shiplett during Pride month this year, with a wholesome picture of the pair on a rainbow-painted street. Page is best known for his role in Umbrella Academy, in which his character’s transition reflected his own real-life journey. Page recently joined the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which is set to release in 2026.
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Sawyer Hemsley and Antonio Bruno
Sawyer Hemsley, co-founder of US-based viral cookie brand Crumbl, came out in August 2025, after experiencing lots of online speculation surrounding his sexuality. In a post on Instagram, he stated, “instead of letting others write my story, I want to share it in my own words.” Shortly after this, he announced his relationship with his partner Antonio Bruno, in September.
Anna Camp and Jade Whipkey
Yet another Pitch Perfect cast member to come out as queer! Anna Camp hard-launched her age-gap relationship with writer and stylist Jade Whipkey in a TikTok street interview earlier this year. In June, the couple attended the premiere of Anna’s film Bride Hard together. Rebel Wilson subsequently joked in an interview, “all the bellas are gay now”.
Simone Johnson and Tatyanna Dumas
Dwayne Johnson’s daughter, Sasha, recently hard-launched her girlfriend, fellow WWE wrestler Tatyanna Dumas, on social media, with a wholesome collage video of the two using the song ‘Everything is Romantic’. The pair also joined Dwayne on the red carpet recently at a special screening of his new film The Smashing Machine.
Paige Bueckeres and Azzi Fudd
WNBA star Paige Bueckers and UConn legend Azzi Fudd had fans buzzing after they announced their relationship via social media. Bueckers spoke about their relationship on the carpet for the WNBA All-Star weekend. Cosmopolitan recently marked the pair as Best Friends-to-Lovers couple in their 2025 Couples of the Year.
Lauren Sanderson and Brooke Baldwin
During Pride month this year, influencer Brooke Baldwin and singer Lauren Sanderson subtly revealed their relationship through a series of social media posts. Fans soon put the pieces together, and since then, the couple have been posting lots about their relationship.
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Maddy Westbeld and Olivia Miles
Another LGBTQ+ celeb basketball hard-launch, WNBA star Maddy Westbeld made her relationship with TCU Horned Frogs player Olivia Miles Instagram official in June, though the pair were rumoured to be dating for some time before the hard launch.
Ranj Singh and James Colebrook
On New Year’s Day 2025, TV personality Dr Ranj Singh hard-launched his relationship with actor James Colebrook via Instagram: “Starting 2025 the way it was meant to be. Happy new year love”.
And there you have it! Here’s to more LGBTQ+ celebrity relationship hard launches in 2026!
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