Gillian Anderson Opens up About ‘Secretive and Illicit’ Same-Sex Relationship in High School

Gillian Anderson Opens Up About 'Illicit' Same-Sex Relationship She Had In High School In Rare Comments About Her Sexuality

The truth is out there, and Gillian Anderson is sharing a little more of hers. The X-Files star is opening up about her sexuality and a secret same-sex relationship she had as a teenager.In an August 16 interview with The Sunday Times, Anderson got candid about her early romantic life after moving from London to Grand Rapids, Michigan, at age 11, revealing that one of her first relationships was with “an older girl in high school.”Anderson recal…

Gillian Anderson opens up about her first same-sex relationship as a teen: “We had to hide”

Actress Gillian Anderson recently opened up about being in a same-sex relationship as a teenager while speaking about her new queer film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. In an interview with The Times, Anderson – known for her roles in The X-Files, Sex Education, and The Crown, among others – said she didn’t fit in during high school and also didn’t want to. Related Rosie O’Donnell mocks “Mango Mussolini” in hilarious late-night monologu…

Gillian Anderson opens up about ‘secretive and illicit’ same-sex relationship in high school

In a Sunday Times interview Gillian Anderson said she was also dating boys at the time and only later came to understand her feelings differently.

Gillian Anderson Is Just Like Us: She Had a Secret Queer Relationship in High School

We all have those memories of our awkward teenage years and our first high school queer crush. And by “we all,” I of course include icon Gillian Anderson who had her own tumultuous experience with a sapphic relationship early in her life. While speaking about her childhood with The Times, Anderson spoke about her rebellious, anti-establishment phase after leaving England to live in the United States as a teenager, which included a high school le…

Gillian Anderson Had a Secret Sapphic High School Romance

If you had to keep a same-sex relationship secret in high school, you’re not alone. Gillian Anderson recently opened up about having that exact experience as a teenager and how a boyfriend later ended their relationship after learning about it. In a new interview with The Sunday Times, the actress opened up about one of her earliest relationships with an older girl at her Michigan high school. Sapphic Relationships On and Off Screen “It felt sec…