Coming out

How did you find your way out of the closet?

 

After being raised in a fundamental christian home, and knowing I was gay, but believing it to be wrong and sinful, I got married, even had a daughter with my wife, got divorced 11 months after being married, when my daughter was 6 weeks old. Mother did not want her, judge gave me custody. So I naturally went to my family, explained everything, including the fact that I was gay and, that is why my marriage failed.

Was promptly and legally disowned and, asked to legally change my surname, which I did for both my daughter and myself. Never looked back, got on about living my life as a single gay dad.

It worked out, my daughter is 25 now, in a happy, stable relationship. I own my home, which I built myself, and have non blood family that are better that my ex family ever thought to be. Currently single but I broke off a 9 year relationship with a man two months ago, so not in any hurry to go looking too hard