A 90-year-old grandfather reveals he’s gay in a viral Facebook post: ”I’m out, I'm gay and I'm free.' - NBCOUT
As a child growing up in a strictly religious household in Kansas, he felt unable to express that to anyone else or pursue any such relationship — at least until he left home.
Eventually, he had intimate encounters with other men, but he never spoke of them, because in the 1950s and '60s, it seemed impossible for him to do so. “If you came out, it really would cost you — your family, your job, all of your relationships,” Felts explained. “You would immediately be called a pervert.”And so the secret part of his life remained a secret, even after he joined Navy and met a man named Phillip, whom he fell in love with and to whom he devoted two years of his life. They “were just happy with each other,” Felts said, looking back on their relationship now.
What tore them apart was Felts himself, who, following church services one Sunday, realized he couldn’t reconcile his love with his faith.
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