Source: The New York Times
“What do you think?” I asked my wife, as I looked in the mirror. We were on our way to the Vatican. “Does this outfit make the right statement?”
I was wearing white jeans and a sleeveless silk top. “What statement is that?” Deedie asked.
“You know,” I said. “The perfect balance between reverence and contempt.”
We were in Italy to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary — 12 years as husband and wife and, after my coming out as trans in 2000, 18 as wife and wife. Over the course of two weeks, we had hiked the Cinque Terre, taken a boat to Portofino and swum in the Mediterranean off a crag in the harbor of Santa Margherita Ligure.
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