As many conventionally unhappy parents did in the 1950s, my parents stayed together for the sake of the children—they divorced after my youngest brother left home for college.
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Celebrating My (Gay) Divorce
By Steven Petrow — 2019
Marriage equality means divorce equality—and I feel pride, as well as sadness, about my split from my husband.
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