Jacqueline Wilson admits she never thought she would be a 'gay icon' in her seventies and didn't imagine she'd end up with a woman when she wrote her first same-sex novel Jacqueline Wilson has weighed in on her status as a 'gay icon' and admitted she never saw it coming in her seventies.
The 79-year-old celebrated British novelist came out as gay in 2020, when she announced she was in a relationship with her partner Trish Beswick.
Jacqueline met her partner Trish at a party and the couple have lived together for almost two decades since.
Jacqueline Wilson has opened up on her sexuality as she admitted she 'never thought' she'd end up dating a same-sex partner.
Reflecting on this, she told The Telegraph: 'They did end up together but I was a little artful because I didn't think the time was right to put female queer characters in a book.
