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Portia de Rossi speaks about her eating disorder and sexuality →

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Posted on May 3, 2012 by Rebecca Jones in Research

Portia DeGeneres (professionally known as Portia de Rossi) is a celebrity that I cannot help but be drawn to—as she is a lesbian who has previously struggled with anorexia. The question as to whether or not her anorexia was due to her closeted sexual orientation, for me, remains unclear.
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Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain, by Portia de Rossi →

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Posted on March 20, 2012 by Natasha Holme in Eating disorder diaries

OK, not a diary. … This book is a memoir, however it receives an honorary mention for being an eating disorder autobiography written by a lesbian. In this gripping bestseller, celebrity actress and now wife of Ellen Degeneres, Portia de Rossi, recounts how suppressing her sexuality for fear of ruining her acting career helped foster her startlingly negative self-image which, in turn, fuelled her eating disorder.

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