Sandi Toksvig shares heartbreaking coming out story - 'There were death threats' - AOL

Sandi Toksvig, 68, says she received death threats after coming out as gay in 1994, forcing her family to go into hiding. The former Great British Bake Off host—who has three children with ex-partner Peta Stewart and is now married to psychologist Debbie Toksvig—told the Cheltenham Literary Festival that the threats began immediately, and she compared people’s surprise to being “easy to spot” through details like her “shoes” and “power tools.” She later told the Cambridge Union she was still receiving threats and that police protection was needed for her wedding day in 2014. Toksvig also criticized limited representation of lesbians in media and has written the book Friends of Dorothy.