From Fearsome Beard:
I was but a young boy when people like me lived in the shadows.
Thanks to a few courageous souls who had had enough, I'd never really fully know that life they were forced into.
(Or forced into marrying someoneĀ of the opposite sex solely to keep up appearances, the way my dad was. – MA)
get outta town! many of my friends had to do the same; they divorced and came out years later after their marriage. their kids are accepting and loving of their father.