{"id":457643,"date":"2022-06-04T15:52:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T12:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cassandra-elvira-peterson-comments-on-freedom-from-coming-out\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T15:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T12:52:22","slug":"cassandra-elvira-peterson-comments-on-freedom-from-coming-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cassandra-elvira-peterson-comments-on-freedom-from-coming-out\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cassandra &#8216;Elvira&#8217; Peterson Comments on Freedom from Coming Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3650ce2cb7a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3650ce2cb7a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cassandra-elvira-peterson-comments-on-freedom-from-coming-out\/#%E2%80%9CCassandra_%E2%80%98Elvira_Peterson_Comments_on_Freedom_from_Coming_Out%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cassandra &#8216;Elvira&#8217; Peterson Comments on Freedom from Coming Out&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cassandra-elvira-peterson-comments-on-freedom-from-coming-out\/#Letting_Her_Freak_Flag_Fly\" >Letting Her Freak Flag Fly<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCassandra_%E2%80%98Elvira_Peterson_Comments_on_Freedom_from_Coming_Out%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cassandra &#8216;Elvira&#8217; Peterson Comments on Freedom from Coming Out&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\nElvira, the Mistress of the Dark. In the 80s she was an icon of all things black and spooky. But last year fans got to know a different side to the queen, and it was a scary time indeed for her alter ego <strong>Cassandra Peterson<\/strong>. Now in 2022, she\u2019s willing to be more open about her sexuality and how coming out changed her life.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #1! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: below first paragraph! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: mid intro! --><br \/>\nPeterson, who continues to don the black dress, revealed in her 2021 memoir <em>Yours Cruelly, Elvira<\/em>, her 20-year relationship with a woman. Peterson also labeled herself as sexually fluid. According to Peterson\u2019s words in the memoir, the main wall that was keeping her from coming out was her friendships. Over her career, she had befriended many people who had come out and sadly suffered the consequences of a(n arguably) more prejudiced time. She did not name names, but she was there to witness their careers go up in smoke due to the backlash. According to her, they were all men, and she feared the worse possibilities of backlash against a woman.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsninja-ad-zone\" id=\"adsninja-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\">\n<div id=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone\">\n<div class=\"ad-current\">\n<div id=\"ad-zone-container-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"ad-zone-container ad-zone-container-content-character-count-repeatable-1\" data-no-fill-collapsable=\"false\"><strong class=\"ad-zone-advertising-tag\">MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Per <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/film\/news\/elvira-coming-out-pride-cassandra-peterson-1235284308\/\">Variety<\/a>, Peterson is very protective over her career and the character of Elvira. According to an interview, Peterson was very cautious about opening up on the details of her personal life, fearing possible backlash and fans connecting her own life with her character. But being so secretive of her personal life took a toll on her self-esteem.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #2! --><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>\u201cIt made my personal life not fun. I felt like a hypocrite. You\u2019re hiding something, and it certainly didn\u2019t make \u2018T,\u2019 my partner, feel good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cT\u201d is Teresa Wierson, Peterson\u2019s partner. The two met and began dating around the time of Peterson\u2019s divorce from singer and manager Mark Pierson in 2003. During that time, she would introduce Wierson as her assistant, but it wasn\u2019t the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cPeople would ignore her and it was awful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\">Related: Rob Zombie&#8217;s The Munsters: Plot, Cast, and Everything Else We Know<\/span><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: native in content! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"letting-her-freak-flag-fly\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Letting_Her_Freak_Flag_Fly\"><\/span> Letting Her Freak Flag Fly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.6%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1000\" height=\"526\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Elvira Revival Series Turned Down by Both Netflix and Shudder and We're Not Happy About It\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/eZW9IDjOlyXrEffaKkA686cQ23j2KN.jpg\"\/> <\/picture> <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When Peterson celebrated her 70th birthday last year, she decided it was time to stop hiding.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>\u201cIf I don\u2019t do it now, when the hell am I going to do it? Who cares if people hate my character as Elvira and it goes down the tubes?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #3! --><br \/>\nPeterson admitted that writing that particular chapter of her life was difficult. She was worried of making her queerness come off as trendy, like she was doing it to be hip. In her own words, she wanted to \u2018make sure it came out the right way\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Since her coming out, Peterson admitted that she lost 11,000 followers on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>. But she took it in stride. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/elvira-cassandra-peterson-lost-11000-old-men-followers-after-coming-out\/\">On the podcast Behind the Velvet Rope<\/a>, she detailed that they probably were following her for the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>&#8220;I knew that there were going to be some horny old men out there who were just not going to like the fact that they didn&#8217;t have a chance with me anymore. And I hate to tell them they already didn&#8217;t have a chance with me anyway.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She went on to note how for every loss, there were plenty of new followers to take their place. She detailed how fans have come forward to tell her she inspired them to come out and be proud of themselves. Ultimately, coming out was not only good for her, but it was good for her fans as well. The two positives go hand in hand, and it has opened up a whole new world for the actress, writer and singer. She spoke fondly of how being out has changed how she can be with her partner in public.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #4! --><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cIt feels good to be able to introduce her as my partner, and to be able to hold hands. We just went to Hawaii on a vacation, and to walk down the beach and hold hands and act like we\u2019re together was cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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