Pride is a great excuse to celebrate all that's great (and collectively mourn all that's still ) about being part of the LGBTQ+ community, but amid all the parties and parades and inexplicably rainbow-hued cocktails, it's nice to remember that queer and trans love stories aren't just limited to the month of June; personally, I'm very committed to over-investing in cute LGBTQ+ couples all year round, and one of my very favorite examples of the genre is star and creator and her wife, actor . Jacobson first referenced her bisexuality publicly in a 2018 interview, : “I kind of go both ways; I date men and women. They have to be funny, doing something they love.
” Later that year, in her memoir, Jacobson described her coming-out journey in somewhat wistful terms, writing: “I felt open, and figured if I ever met a woman I was interested in, I would see what happened. But I didn't really put that much thought into it, and I never felt that pang of desire, so I stuck with men. Looking back, I wish I had explored myself more thoroughly and found the beautiful parts of who I am that are attracted to the person, not the gender.
” (Jacobson's co-star Ilana Glazer is , and the show features some of TV's most memorable gay characters; remember , played perfectly by Alia Shawkat? I also like to believe that is canonically queer; happy Pride to her only.) Jacobson has been with Balfour, a South African actor who has appeared on shows including , and —as Jackie Kennedy, no less!—sin.
