The British supermodel, who has a five-year-old daughter with boyfriend Kwame Ferreira, addressed her sexuality in an interview as she promoted her new book Who Cares Wins: How to Protect the Planet You Love.
In one passage, Cole addresses how her queerness and her daughter’s mixed race heritage would be a “crime” in certain countries. “Just as we do not choose the circumstances and ancestral patterns we are born into, none of us choose the cultural norms and laws we inherit,” she wrote. “Had my mixed-race daughter been born in a different country, she would have been a crime.
If I were living in another country today, my queerness would be a crime.” Speaking with the Sunday Times, Cole elaborated on her sexuality further. “I like that word