Cate Blanchett explains why won’t put her daughter in pink dresses

Cate Blanchett has opened up about her view of gender identity – explaining she feels “a little bit like an amoeba”.

The actress is currently starring in lesbian drama ‘Carol’, which tells the story of a young aspiring photographer and her relationship with an older woman going through a difficult divorce.

Speaking to the Metro, the actress explained that she doesn’t dress her newly-adopted baby daughter Edith in pink dresses.

She said: “I was traumatised the first time I bought her a dress. It was a black one.

“I don’t think I treat her any differently than the boys. And with the boys I didn’t think ‘Oh, I have a son’, it was always, ‘what’s this creature’s personality?’.

“Someone’s gender is never the first thing I’ve seen about them.”
Cate Blanchett explains why won’t put her daughter in pink dresses
Explaining her own view of gender, she said: “My own gender is not something I think about. I feel a little bit like an amoeba in that way.”

The actress, who was recently misquoted as saying she has had sexual relationships with women, quickly clarified: “I don’t mean my sexuality – I mean my gender.”

Blanchett spoke out earlier this year after she was quoted as having said she has had “many” relationships with women in the past, in a Variety interview.

The actress said the quotes were edited to remove part of her answer, clarifying  she had never had a sexual relationship with a woman.
Cate Blanchett explains why won’t put her daughter in pink dresses
She said: “From memory, the conversation ran: ‘Have you had relationships with women?’

“And I said: ‘Yes, many times. Do you mean have I had sexual relationships with women? Then the answer is no.’ But that obviously didn’t make it.”

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