“I’m Gay”: Telling My Husband and Children

Coming Out Was Both the Beginning and the End of a Journey

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash

I spent over two decades married to the same man. We have two kids, two cats; we’ve even had two dogs in the time we’ve been together. But three years ago, at the ripe middle-age of 44, I told him and our two children that I’m gay and I want a divorce.