Late-blooming lesbians: women can switch sexualities as they mature

Women are embracing lesbianism in their thirties, according to research indicating that shifts in sexual orientation may be more widespread than previously thought.

One study even indicates that as many as two-thirds of women who feel lesbian attractions may have changed their sexual orientation over time.

Christan Moran, a researcher at Southern Connecticut State University in the US, said that many women who develop lesbian feelings in later life refuse to “come out” for fear of society’s reaction. Women in long-term heterosexual relationships, especially those with children, face even greater problems reconciling themselves to their new identities, she said.

High-profile examples of women leaving their husbands to pursue same-sex relationships include Portia de Rossi, the Ally McBeal actress who married the US comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 2008, nine years after divorcing a man.

Read more on this study at Telegraph.co.uk.