I was looking through some previous posts and I saw Emily M's post about a modern love article describing a man's divorce and coming out. It reminded me of a piece I read last year by a former Senator who had an unexpected relationship with a man very late in life. When this article first came out I know it created a stir, mostly because of Senator Wofford's notoriety and the poignancy of his story. With special attention to our course, he serves as a good example of the fluidity of sexuality and one person's rejection of confining labels.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/findinglove-again-this-time-with-a-man.html
Great article! Positive stories like this are hard to come by. By contrast, a 2009 film name Outrage, discusses the hypocrisy of closeted gay and lesbian politicians who promote anti-LGBT legislation in the U.S.. It's really interesting to see the contrast here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this, Steph! I found the way he described his new relationship so beautiful -- he doesn't make any efforts to explain or categorize or complicate it, or to somehow differentiate it from his first relationship with his wife: "I had a half-century of marriage with a wonderful woman, and now am lucky for a second time to have found happiness." Coming from a man of his generation -- given what we know about attitudes toward same-sex relationships in the years he was growing up -- I found his perspective even more impressive and moving.
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