It was back in April that X-Files star Gillian Anderson admitted to Out magazine what so many had assumed: that she had been involved with women romantically.
But in a recent interview with the Sunday Times Magazine, the stage and screen actress revealed she came forward about being bisexual because a onetime lover had died:
“I decided to talk about it now because someone with whom I was in a relationship a couple of decades ago – a woman – passed away about a year ago.”
Being gay was never something that I identified with 100%, because I knew that for me it wasn’t the only way. I haven’t spoken up about it before because there isn’t the same fear and stigma now that there was [then]. But she had just passed and I just wanted to speak about it in a matter-of-fact kind of way.”
In the initial interview with Out, Anderson—who recently garnered acclaim as Great Expectations’s twisted spinster, Miss Havisham—clarified that she had a “couple” of relationships with women, but didn’t feel like a full-tilt lesbian because “I always knew I still liked boys.”
Guess the truth is out there now, huh?
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scribe37
I always loved her… I am really feeling the longer hair and hearing that she plays for both teams
Analog
@scribe37: “I always loved her…”
Me too. Even more so now…
Ann Mason
It’s always reassuring to hear intelligent, articulate statements from people who come out of the closet as bisexual.
There’s still public resistance — some of it among gay men and lesbians — to anyone who acknowledges an attraction to both sexes. I suspect that when Cynthia Nixon spoke about her sexual orientation during a N.Y. Times interview she chose her words poorly because she knew she was addressing a stress-provoking issue. She had to clarify her statements later, and still some people were angry.
We should understand that not every public announcement will be handled just right, especially when a person is being interviewed and answering questions which don’t permit a prepared statement. It sounds as if Gillian Anderson avoided that awkward moment, but we shouldn’t judge other bisexuals who stumble when they’re in that position.
Joe Joe
Gay is a choice, even Scully says so..and since it’s a choice it doesn’t deserve a protection status.
derp derp
@Joe Joe: i’m curious where in this article does she say it was a choice? i think you need to work on your reading comprehension.
Pete
“It’s a choice so it shouldn’t be protected.” Oh, boring. I suppose someone who grows up in one religion and “chooses” to convert shouldn’t have that right protected, either. “Choosing” your political affiliation: off with their heads. Your mama and daddy voted with Party X and went to Church Y, so you have to, too. Oh, wait, it doesn’t work like that. Nice try, though, Sparky.