Queer men reveal what happened with their hetero relationships after they came out
did like Fran Drescher and remained close friends post-breakup. Other guys lost contact with their lady loves. And a few of those exes came out of the closet, too.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Here are some of the stories from that convo, edited for readability and brevity:“I was married.
She left me. She now has a wife.”“This was about 10 years ago… I broke it off with her because I knew I was gay and it wasn’t fair to her and myself. (We were in high school.) It wasn’t a pretty breakup, but fast-forward 10 years, and she has a kid with another dude [and] I’m in a relationship with a wonderful man.”“In grad school, we finally went our separate ways.
By the time I came out, she was already married to a guy and starting a family. We lived in different parts of the country. Aside from seeing each other at friend group reunions, we didn’t have anything to do with one another.
Twenty years later, we reconnected. Now we communicate via text and email, share intimate details of our lives, read the same books together, [and] our husbands know each other.
