According to a 1989 affidavit, the marriage was "tantamount to sister and brother" and they never consummated it. Anderson is openly gay. Locke, testifying under oath to a jury, characterized her husband as being "more like a sister to me" and explained, "it's funny the sort of cultural changes, but in those days males and females never lived together unless they were married." According to her death certificate, the two were still legally married when she died, and he was the person who reported her death.