ELTON JOHN AND DAVID FURNISH – 27 YEARS

Aside from Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Elton John and David Furnish are also the faces of same-sex marriage. These two have been together for 27 years, defying the odds that come with their romance. They met in 1993, at the time when the legendary singer-songwriter was trying to be sober after a decade of substance abuse. After more than 25 years together, Elton John and his husband David Furnish have become the very public face of same-sex coupling.

Here, he met Furnish. He was an ad exec based in London. They weren’t looking for love, but it both hit them. From here, they became acquainted. In 2005, John proposed to Furnish. In the same year, with the help of lawyers, they entered a civil partnership. But, when same-sex marriage got legalized in Britain in 2014, they sealed their love with a wedding on the same date they had their civil partnership – Dec. 21.