Alexandra Billings is married to her wife, Chrisanne Blankenship. The two are high school sweethearts who first met in Drama class when Alexandra was 14.
They married in a commitment ceremony in Chicago on December 4, 1995. The couple tied the knot again in 2008 after gay marriage was legalized in California.
The pair, who live in Hollywood, California, co-starred in Twelfth Night. They are yet to have kids.
Chicago is close to Alexandra, where she was selected as the Grand Marshal for the Pride Parade on June 28, 2009.
She started her male-to-female transition in 1980. She is an avid trans issue and trans rights advocate.
Alexandra, who has been living with HIV since 1985, has advocated for HIV health initiatives.
When speaking of her fight to battle AIDS, Alexandra says she has survived because her wife stood by her, loved, supported, and cared for her through it all.
The Actress has spoken about living with HIV in several interviews and in her 2022 memoir This Time for Me: A Memoir.
Alexandra writes that she initially wanted to write her book to “leave behind a trail of queer history” but gradually realized it was a love letter to her wife.
She writes to Chrisanne, “And I realized that all along it was for you. I was writing to say thank you.”
