Gal pals, gal pals everywhere! 2015 was a good year for ladies loving ladies and finally, it seems, that the tabloid favorite term “gal pal” might be going by the wayside in 2016. We hope, at least. No one got the gal pal treatment more than Kristen Stewart, who’s rumored romance with assistant Alicia Cargile was scrutinized, partly because they were always inseparable, in matching “casual wear,” and even holding hands on a romantic secluded beach. So when Stewart commented on her sexuality in an interview with Nylon magazine—“Google me, I’m not hiding,” she said—tabloids had to reevaluate how they talked about Stewart and Cargile. As of October, Stewart and Cargile were rumored to have ended their eight month relationship, but here’s hoping the “pals” worked it out. 

Elsewhere, Disney princesses and former BFFs Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato were both linked to two of the hottest women in the lesbian streets, Cara Delevingne and Ruby Rose. Gomez was allegedly dating Delevingne after meeting her in May, as the pair was shown being affectionate in, according to one site, “almost lesbian pix” of the two in swimsuits. Gomez shut the rumors down but not after she said that she loved the rumors and considered Cara a close friend. And as for Lovato, before Ruby Rose was OITNB Ruby Rose, Rose claimed that she and Lovato had slept together, and it was rumored that they dated for two years. Lovato shut those rumors down swiftly, in an interview with us, saying bluntly, “I did not have a relationship with Ruby Rose.” Not gonna lie, still hoping that it actually happened. 

But perhaps a late 2015 entry might outshine all the other gal pals of the year. In a May-December turn, legendary actress Holland Taylor, 72, shared in an interview that she was currently in a relationship with a younger woman and has long been out. Said younger woman is Ryan Murphy muse, Sarah Paulson, 40. Maybe if Holland hadn’t said anything, people wouldn’t have discovered right away, but the pair’s Twitter accounts aren’t shy about their obvious affections for one another, so maybe love still exists.—Kerensa Cadenas