Tera Leggett's life changed when her hband me out as gay. Twenty years later, she was the "bt man" at her ex's weddg.
Contents:
- I HELPED MY EX-HBAND E OUT AS GAY. 20 YEARS LATER, I'M BT IENDS WH HIM AND HIS NEW HBAND.
- A LETTER TO … MY EX-HBAND, WHO IS GAY
- TERRY MCMILLAN ON GAY EX-HBAND, 'GETTG TO HAPPY'
I HELPED MY EX-HBAND E OUT AS GAY. 20 YEARS LATER, I'M BT IENDS WH HIM AND HIS NEW HBAND.
Tera Leggett at Mardi Gras wh her ex-hband (left) and his new LeggettWhen Tera Leggett's hband me out as gay, she took him to Mardi Gras now ns an LGBTQ social group and was the "bt man" at his is Leggett's story, as told to Gary as-told-to say is based on a nversatn wh Tera Leggett.
It has been eded for length and year, when I dance Sydney's Mardi Gras para wh my ex-hband, his new hband, and 160 people the LGBTQ social group I found, I always thk back to the 29-year-old woman who realized she married a gay my ial anguish and even anger, I uldn't have imaged that two s later, my then-hband's g out would save both of and help fd our purpos. 20 years ago, dawned on me that my hband was gayMichael and I got married when I was 21, and our marriage lasted a — eight years of which were very happy. Sudnly, I had this skg night, I asked Michael outright if he was gay.
When he uld get the words out, he fally said he was gay — the relief he mt've felt.
A LETTER TO … MY EX-HBAND, WHO IS GAY
Michael was termed to keep his vows to me, sayg even though he was gay, he didn't need to act on . You thk 's better to be ad than be gay — and look!
TERRY MCMILLAN ON GAY EX-HBAND, 'GETTG TO HAPPY'
And they're all celebratg how wonrful is to be gay. It's lled Free Gay and Happy. As an ally, I've always been self-nsc about stg myself as the "hero, " but I've seen firsthand how gay people often, unfairly, have to stggle to fd the urage to live their tth.
Free Gay and Happy is also a social group throughout the 's my love letter to Michael — how grateful I am he's alive, how proud I am of him. I quickly started buildg a new life for myself a new cy, but Michael and I remaed close iends, often meetg to attend gay parti together.
Ultimately, their unn end wh his addictn to crack e and not-so-secret homosexualy.