Novelist Jacqueline Wilson comes out as gay!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In Interesting Facts , Relationship

Jacqueline Wilson is a famous writer of children’s novels.
She has come out as gay. In her 111th book, there is also a gay character who is a tomboy and falls in love with a girl making it the first lesbian relationship in her novels.

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Jacqueline Wilson comes out as gay

People who know her since many years had suspected that she is a lesbian but she has never publicly acknowledged this fact. Jacqueline Wilson, 76 spoke recently to The Guardian from her Sussex home.

She was, talking about the lesbian characters in her new book Love Frankie and said:

“I perfectly well knew that it would shine a little light on my own private life.”

She confirmed:

“I’ve never really been in any kind of closet. It would be such old news for anybody that has ever known anything much about me. Even the vaguest acquaintance knows perfectly well that we are a couple,”

One of her friends once told her:

“I don’t think you are a lesbian, I think you are a Trishian.”

And Jacqueline’s reply was:

“I think that really sums me up.”

The book is due to be released in August 2020.

About Jacqueline’s lesbian relationship

Jacqueline was earlier married but her marriage collapsed in the early 1950s. She then met Trish at a party and the two became friends. Soon, the couple started a lesbian relationship. People doubted this union but neither of them publicly announced about it.

The only person who did not like it and was, unhappy about her same-sex alliance was her mother, Jacqueline said. But she added:

“That wasn’t too devastating for me because my mum cordially hated my ex-husband; she didn’t really approve of any of my friends.”

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About Jacqueline’s new novel

Jacqueline talked about the reason that she did not portray gay characters in her novels before. She said that in all her previous novels, she was, talking about children with problems.

And according to her gay sexuality is not a problem but a normal thing. Hence it did not figure in her previous novels.

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In the book there is a tomboy character called Frankie who falls for a girl named Sally. Besides this, there is also a sick mother in the storyline.

Besides, other high emotions such as of sibling rivalry separation, and bullying are weaved into the story. The book is for all the teenagers and not only those with gay sexuality.

Not considering herself as a mentor for teens struggling with their unique sexuality, Jacqueline said:

“I don’t think that girls would ever want a grey-haired, wrinkly writer as a role model if they were wanting to feel good about maybe being gay. I’m sure they could find much more glamorous examples.”

Source: The Guardian

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