The relationship ended after Brown fell in love with a tennis player named Martina Navratilova. In around the 1970s, Flagg was dating Rita Mae Brown, a writer, and LGBTQ activist. However, they did live under the same roof as long as the relationship lasted.įannie Flagg(top from left) and Rita Mae Brown(remaining two)were in a relationship in the 80s (Photo: )

These two shared quite an amicable relationship, but as Flannery could not keep up the truth of her sexual orientation, they parted ways. The Alabama-born writer has been openly out as a lesbian for a long time, and her most talked-about relationship was with the actress Susan Flannery. She never had a husband or was not engaged to a man. She was rumored to have married actor Dick Sargent, who came out as gay before his death. The fellow writer has been in the news for her sexuality quite a lot. She was in a relationship with few women in her time and has been active in the writing and journalism business since 1966. The writer has never shied away from expressing herself and who she is.īorn with the name of Patricia Neal, the 76-year-old has lived life on her terms. The iconic writer/actress Fannie Flagg dared to come out to the world while it was still taboo.