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The great thing about my coming out later in life? Nobody judged me | Liz Corkhill

My parents had died, my kids were lovely – but I did worry the gay community would be dismissive. That fear was baseless
‘None of them gave a shit about my sexuality and I didn’t give a shit about what people thought, so I came out.’ Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images

I first came out in my early 40s, following a destructive affair with a colleague. Coming out was not nearly as stressful as recovering from the affair, or the period surrounding it during which I questioned and eventually began to understand my sexuality. I had been married for 15 years to the father of my children, and the changes these realisations brought about were complicated and

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