Indie-music icon and all-round musical genius Rufus Wainwright isn't the sort of person who likes to have labels slapped on him. He's described himself as 'a complete libertarian' in the past and has stated that he doesn't believe what goes in anyone's bedroom is the business of the Government. He didn't even want to be openly gay, saying that the 'scandal' era of homosexuality that Oscar Wilde had to endure was more inspiring to him as an artist. That sounds insanely pretentious, so we're glad he mellowed when he met art director Jörn Weisbrodt and fell head over heels in love.
Weisbrodt changed Wainwright's entire perspective on both his sexuality and his outlook on relationships. By 2010 he'd started campaigning for gay marriage to become legal in the United States precisely because he wanted to marry Weisbrodt, and when he got his wish it didn't take him long to act on that wish. They married in 2012 and have one daughter delivered by surrogacy.