Jacqueline Wilson comes out publicly as gay after 18-year relationship with partner Trish

metro.co.uk:

Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson has come out publicly as gay, opening up on her 18-year relationship with her partner Trish.

The iconic writer has spoken for the first time on her personal life, explaining that she’s been living ‘very happily’ with Trish. ‘I’ve never really been in any kind of closet,’ Jacqueline said. ‘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.’t Explaining that only her mother was ‘appalled’ at her relationship, she pointed out: ‘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.’ Jacqueline, 74, is set to publish her new book,