Although Ariana DeBose was the only openly queer woman to win an actual Oscar, it’s safe to say that sapphics everywhere also won last night, with some of our favorite celesbian couples lighting up the red carpet.
Spencer star Kristen Stewart posed for photos with her fiancée, Dylan Meyers. And when the best actress nominee gave her betrothed a brief kiss, an audible “OOOOOH” echoed across the red carpet, as evidenced in a brief clip captured by Variety.
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Aflame with the light of a thousand suns by the occasion, Gay Twitter seemed to agree with the unseen bystander’s exclamation. The clip has racked up 1.5 million views and nearly 2,800 quote tweets — mostly to the effect of “the gays are winning,” “let’s go lesbians,” etc. — and we happen to agree.
Stewart and Meyers also shared a kiss in line for the Vanity Fair Oscars after party, according to another clip that circulated online. Overall, the Twilight star and her boo were so adorably lovey-dovey that I almost forgive her for wearing shorts and a blazer to the ceremony. (Yes, these are fighting words, please go off.)
Niecy Nash and “hersband” Jessica Betts also graced the red carpet with a kiss last night. Both ladies looked incredible, with Nash draped in a hot-pink gown with a floor-length train, and Betts in a sharp all-white suit. Best of all was Nash's clutch, a gift from Bette which read “Wifey for Lifey” that we desperately need in every color.
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Coming up on two years of marriage, the couple continue to look blissfully in love, even in the high-pressure environment of the Academy Awards. "It's date night," Nash told ET Online, adding the two might “dip out somewhere” over the course of the evening for one-on-one time. "That’s why I got this high slit, because you never know,” Nash joked.
Co-host Wanda Sykes and her wife Alex Sykes, accurately described by British Vogue as a “power couple,” strode the red carpet together as well. Though the couple didn’t share a public display of their affection, Wanda, also rocking an all-white suit, looked fly as all get out next to Alex, who wore an elegant off-white tulle gown.
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The couple has been married since 2008, after a dreamy rom-com meet-cute on the ferry to New York gaycation destination Fire Island. Let no one say circuit gays have all the fun!
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