Elvira actor Cassandra Peterson comes out
In her new memoir, Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, the Mistress Of The Dark herself, opens up about her 19-year-long relationship with a woman
Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark, may have but one lover (the dark), but the woman who plays her, Cassandra Peterson, is another story. In her new memoir, Yours Cruelly, Elvira, which comes out today, the iconic horror movie star and host, opens up about her 19-year romantic relationship with a woman.
It’s a big get for the LGBTQIA+ community. Elvira, a god damn national treasure at this point, has inspired legions of fans and admirers for her love of horror movies, double entendres, and the great pride she takes in her own cleavage. But apparently, she meets people just like everybody else: at the gym. “Often, when I was doing my preworkout warm-up on the treadmill, I couldn’t help noticing one particular trainer — tan, tattooed, and muscular — stalking across the gym floor, knit cap pulled so low over his long brown hair that it nearly covered his eyes,” Peterson writes in Yours Cruelly. “Dark and brooding, he gave off such intense energy that when he crossed the enormous gym floor, the waters parted and people stopped in their tracks to stare.” As it would turn out, though, this wasn’t a “he” at all but rather a “she”: Teresa “T” Wierson.
