In her autobiography, published in 1987 after Hudson's 1985 death from AIDS, Gates wrote that she was in love with Hudson and that she did not know Hudson was gay when they married, and was not complicit in his deception.
In ihrer Autobiographie, die 1987 nach dem AIDS-Tod von Hudson 1985 erschien, schrieb Gates, dass sie in Hudson verliebt war und bei der Heirat nicht wusste, dass Hudson homosexuell war.