![]() ![]() Women entering a different stage in their lives have often explored their own identity and sexuality because they “possibly care less about what people think and they feel more confident about who they are”. Women coming out later in life is not a new phenomenon, said Ruth Hunt, head of LGBT rights organisation Stonewall. Cynthia Nixon – who played Miranda in Sex and the City, was in a heterosexual relationship for 15 years before she fell in love with Christine Marinoni while actor Portia de Rossi was married to a man before she married comedian and talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres in 2008. ![]() Later-in-life lesbians – women who identify as lesbians or declare same-sex feelings in their 30s, often after serious relationships, marriage and children – have come more into the public consciousness in recent years, with a string of high-profile women publicly leaving heterosexual relationships for female partners.īritish retail guru Mary Portas was married to a man for 14 years and had two children before marrying and having a child with fashion editor-at-large Melanie Rickey. ![]() My heart is exploding with love and it’s coming your way.” “Tears of joy, anguish, truth, human-ness, sorrow, pain, fear, beauty, love. “This made me cry, like many of your posts,” wrote one fan. Many sought to answer the author’s call for “whatever extra love you might be carrying around in your hearts right now” to be sent in her and Elias’ direction. ![]()
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