This Pride Month, the Opinion columnist Charles Blow dives into the stories of people who embraced fluid sexual identities later in life.
He argues that despite the increasing number of people who come out as queer during adolescence, some don’t recognize or reveal an attraction to the same sex until their 40s or 50s.
In this audio essay he shares their stories and his own. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the audio piece. To listen to this piece, click the play button below.
Charles Blow: My name is Charles Blow, and I’m an Opinion columnist at The New York Times. We’ve moved into an age when people appear to be coming out younger and younger.