'Family Ties' Actress Meredith Baxter Marries Longtime Partner

Family Ties actress Meredith Baxter married her longtime partner Nancy Locke in a ceremony over the weekend in L.A., People magazine reports:

Close friends and family – including Baxter's five children –, looked on as the couple exchanged handwritten vows.  Music played a central theme in the celebration. A friend sang and played guitar during the ceremony and at the reception, Locke's band took the stage.

The couple has been together for seven years. Baxter came out of the closet in 2009.

Gay Boxer Orlando 'Fenomeno' Cruz Marries Partner in NYC

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Gay boxer Orlando 'Fenomeno' Cruz married his partner José Manuel Colón in NYC's Central Park on Saturday, reports the Washington Blade:

New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, who is among the frontrunners to succeed outgoing New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in the position, officiated the ceremony. Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Shirley Casiano were witnesses.

“Giving thanks to my heavenly father for one more day of life and with [my] husband José Manuel in it,” Cruz wrote in Spanish on his Facebook page on Sunday.

Congrats!

LA Galaxy Player Robbie Rogers Dating 'Arrow' Creator Greg Berlanti

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LA Galaxy player Robbie Rogers, who back in June told MTV News that he was single, is apparently single no longer. TMZ reports that he's dating Greg Berlanti, creator of Arrow and producer of Brothers & Sisters, Everwood, and Dawson's Creek, among others.

Sources tell us Robbie and Greg began dating sometime around May ... roughly 3 months after Robbie went public with his sexuality for the first time.

The two haven't exactly tried to keep their relationship a secret -- they've been spotted at several major events together over the past few months.

 

Lance Bass Might Televise His Wedding

Lance Bass, who got engaged to boyfriend Michael Turchin this September, has opened up to ABC News about his plans for his upcoming nuptials. The former 'N Sync-er, SiriusXM radio host and newly minted director said he and Turchin plan to marry next fall. According to Bass, "I've always dreamt of having an outside wedding, or at least the reception outdoors, that's why [next] fall." Readers curious to know all about the wedding -- plans for the ceremony, the reception, the guest list, etc. -- may be pleased to know that the couple may share the experience with the entire world, broadcasting it on “a particular network":

"I love a party. It's going to be nice and big and over the top," he said. "The network offered us a big wedding special. Knowing myself in the 1980s growing up a gay kid in Mississippi, I would loved to have seen something on TV I could relate to and go, 'Oh, my gosh, I could do that!'"

As for the wedding itself, Bass said there's no tradition to follow and they plan on doing things "our own way."

"I don't know if we will even have groomsmen or bridesmaids," he added. "Since there's no wedding dress and half the excitement of a wedding is to see the wedding dress and what it looks like ... we're wanting all of our guests to come completely over the top, high fashion like you're heading to the MET Ball or the Royal Wedding."

As for the couple’s honeymoon (which will probably not be broadcast on television), Bass says, “There's lots of places we've wanted to go together, but have not found the time...One of those is Paris, one of my favorite places in the world. It would be nice to be able to experience that with Michael."

93-Year-Old Gay Irishman Marries 57-Year-Old Partner of 37 Years

Cork, Ireland-born artist Patrick Scott married his companion of 37 years, 57-year-old Eric Pearce this week, the Irish Examiner reports:

A long-running love story culminated yesterday in the marriage of Cork-born artist Patrick Scott, at the ripe old age of 93, to 57-year-old Eric Pearce, his companion of 37 years. The two, whom Eric says met many years ago "in Dublin at a party, across a crowded room", wed in a civil ceremony at the registry office on Lower Grand Canal St.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Eric said there was a "deep, abiding love between them" and they had wanted to marry for some time.

On why they were doing it now in the autumn of Patrick’s life, Eric said the union was a "completion of a life and a celebration of a life that has been intensely private, like the man himself."

Dubliner Pearce, who has three daughters by a previous marriage during which time he lived in Cork, said he had his children’s full support.  "They are three wonderful women. They are so delighted for me. They regard it as a cause for celebration. I am very lucky to have such broadminded children" he said.

Congrats to the happy couple.

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Actor T.R. Knight Marries Boyfriend

Former Grey's Anatomy actor T.R. Knight married his boyfriend Patrick on Friday, US Weekly reports:

"It [was] very small and quiet," an insider reveals to Us. One of the more famous faces to attend? Knight's former ABC costar and close friend Katherine Heigl flew in for the ceremony, the source says. No other details on the fete were immediately available.