Woman's Day Magazine NZ

Pacific Pride ‘You Can Create Your Own Family’

Ass an “out-and-proud lesbian” since she was a teenager, Alex Faimalo is grateful her personal coming-out story is one filled with love and acceptance. She has been happily married to her wife, Alex McDonnell-Faimalo, since 2020 and, this year, the couple welcomed their gorgeous, nine-month-old daughter Navy, who smiles and gurgles delightedly throughout our Woman’s Day interview.

Many people in the LGBTQIA+ community have positive coming-out stories like Alex. But it’s a journey that can also be fraught with many challenges, with added pressure on

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