<b>Russell Hart</b>, 31, hair salon owner &amp; <b>Eric LaBonté</b>, 42, film and television set designer
                                  Together for 7 years, legal domestic partners, engaged since 2010, live in Los Angeles
                                  
                                  Russell (left): “I don’t necessarily need a piece of paper to tell me that my relationship with my partner is valid, but we think about having kids and I am constantly terrified about the little harried details that no one wants to deal with. If something happens to one of us, it could potentially get crazy. Straight married couples don’t realize how lucky they are to have all that wrapped up in a marriage.”