Love Frankie’s release has been timely: it hit the shelves as primary and secondary schools in England have begun including information about LGBTQ+ families in their curriculums. “It took me by surprise,” she told Times Radio at the time, “it just happened, and nobody blinked an eye.” But I didn’t get teased for any sexuality that wasn't considered the norm in those days.” Though her announcement earlier this year was news to her fans, everyone close to her knew that she had been with Trish for years. “I went through my own teasing because I had a mother that made me have terrible home perms, so I just looked ridiculous a lot of the time, and got teased about having this wild exploding hair everywhere. “When I was younger, I was in a straight marriage,” she says – from 1965 to 2004, she was married to Millar Wilson, a printer turned policeman with whom she has a daughter, Emma – “so I never really had to go through any kind of teasing.” She laughs and clarifies. Wilson’s own experience of coming out was relatively straightforward, and didn’t happen until much later in life than Frankie.
