I admire her greatly as a astronaut. He sexuality is of no importance. Her claim to fame is her death and her sexuality of which I will not criticize. Should we not venerate Grissom, White and Chaffe whom burned to death in a capsule prior to launch at Cape Canaveral. It was a gruesome death in a 100% oxygen atmosphere. They are all hero but it seems sexuality makes one hero better than another.
I suspect she just wanted to be a great engineer and astronaut.
She died of pancreatic cancer long after she retired from the astronaut corps.
She flew on two missions - both on the Challenger, I think - in the 80s.