Personal Life
Powell is a lesbian. In August, 2010, she was named in 68th place on The Independent newspaper’s Pink List of influential lesbian and gay people in the UK. During her playing career she had embarked on heterosexual relationships with men, who were "intrigued" to discover that she was a footballer.
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