When it comes to love, there is a fluidity that many people are embracing. It’s slowly but surely becoming more acceptable for people to be honest about who they love without having to explain why they love them. While most people have the luxury of doing this in the privacy of their own lives, the celebrities on this list have had to do this in the public eye. While this list is only scratching the surface, here are a few women like Kristen Stewart, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Paulson and many other A-list celebrities, who chose a woman (or a few) over the men that were in their lives.

It goes along with the territory of being a public figure. Every few years a new scandal comes out that seems to shock everyone: a female celebrity decides to leave her boyfriend, husband, situation-ship whatever they want to label it as in order to pursue a relationship with a woman. Being in a same-gender relationship is just as hard if not harder than a heterosexual relationship. In addition to the pressures of the relationship, there comes the stares, the comments and the straight up negativity. However, the relationship escapades of many of these female celebrities has made for great tabloid talk and inspired some insane and mostly unrealistic stories about relationships in Hollywood. A lot of people seem to forget that Hollywood is a big place and that there are endless opportunities for love. Many people who don’t feel the need to put a label on what they do with their personal relationships.