Actress Lily Cole Comes Out
“Doctor Who” star declares she is queer
BY TAT BELLAMY-WALKER
Lily Cole, an international
supermodel and actress
on the British sci-fi series
“Doctor Who,” came
out out as queer in her new book
and further discussed her sexuality
in an interview with The Sunday
Times.
“Just as we do not choose the
circumstances and ancestral patterns
we are born into, none of us
choose the cultural norms and laws
we inherit,” Cole wrote in her book,
entitled “Who Cares Wins: How to
Protect the Planet You Love.” “Had
my mixed-race daughter been born
in a different country, she would
have been a crime. If I were living
in another country today, my
queerness would be a crime.”
The 33-year-old environmental
campaigner and fashionista’s book
dives deeper into the solutions to
Model and activist Lily Cole is opening up about her LGBTQ identity.
end the global climate crisis. Cole’s
book balances her environmental
work with details about her personal
life and fi nding her authentic
self.
REUTERS/NEIL HALL
Cole further expanded on those
points in an interview with The
Sunday Times’ style section, where
she spoke candidly about her activism
and connection to the LGBTQ
FILM
community.
“I have lots of friends who identify
as bisexual, lesbian or whatever,
who also identify as queer,”
Cole said. “I’ve always been quite
private about my private life, consciously,
and I want to continue
to be, so I don’t feel the need to be
explicit. At the same time I feel the
need to acknowledge that I am not
straight.”
For years, the star has been in
a relationship with multiracial entrepreneur
Kwame Ferreira, and
they have one child named Wylde.
Cole garnered attention early on
in her career after she graced the
cover of British Vogue at 16 years
old. Since then, she has appeared
in other high-profi le fashion publications
and movies, including
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “Snow
White,” “the Hunstman,” and “The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.”
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