AceShowbiz - The Gossip star Beth Ditto is planning to start a family with her girlfriend within the next year. The lesbian icon, 29, insists motherhood is the next thing on her priority list after she launches her new plus-size clothing line.

She tells Marie Claire magazine, "I do want to go to the doctor in the next year and start taking it (pregnancy) really seriously... Once these clothing lines are out I can take space and think about the baby."

"It was something that I kept hidden deep inside of me. But everyone knew. Even people are parties and clubs would be like, 'When are they going to get together?' There was always a little guilt inside of me because I felt I was cheating, but I never cheated," she added. "We never did anything. I dated Freddie for nine years, and I was always worried it was going to end. With Kristin I never worry about it ending, I just feel completely full and whole."