The reality of queer relationships: “Coming out over and over again is exhausting; I’ve had enough”

Rebel Wilson on the red carpet

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The reality of queer relationships: “Coming out over and over again is exhausting; I’ve had enough”

By Rebecca Cox

3 years ago

4 min read

After a newspaper attempted to ‘out’ Rebel Wilson’s relationship, one queer writer shares the struggles of having to come out over and over. 

Last Sunday, I had just filed a piece about having my first queer relationship at the age of 35 when my girlfriend showed me Rebel Wilson’s Instagram post revealing her relationship with fashion designer Ramona Agruma. The now-famous image was captioned: “I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince… but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess #LoveIsLove“. Since my article was due to publish the next day, we joked that Rebel had scooped me.

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