Some of the couples on this list actually married well in advance of the general law changing in their favor and let the way for others, even if their union was destined to fail in the end. That was the case for ice skater and fashion designer Johnny Weir and his former partner Victor Voronov.
Weir, no stranger to controversy, married Voronov in New York in 2011. New York State was an early adopter of gay marriage, which led to many couples travelling there to legitimize their relationships. They filed for and were granted a divorce in 2015 after experiencing what they termed 'domestic difficulties'. Although widely assumed to be gay, Weir only came out just before his marriage, citing a recent spate of suicides among young gay men as the reason why. His hope that if he could even help one person come to terms with their own identity, it would be worth it.