The Closet Chronicles

14. Out Of The Closet

A lot has happened since I came out. For starters, I am actually a good writer now. It turns out, all I needed was to be out of the closet! I now write mostly for fun.
Zak and I dated for six years before he proposed to me. We got married on January 6, 2018. We went to university, where I got a degree in counselling. Zak went into emergency medicine, and Jen went into business. Jen met a girl named Lillian from the culinary academy, and they got married. We all decided we wanted to stick together, so we moved to the town of Tumbleton, where Jen's new wife lived. Zak and I adopted three kids. Alex, our only boy, is eight, Allison is six, and Nina is four. Jen and Lillian were the godparents of my children, and Zak and I were the godparents of Jen's children.
Jennifer and Lillian have opened up a bakery called Rainbow Bakery, and I run an LGBTQ+ support group out of it every Wednesday night. I also work at the clinic as a counsellor. Zak is an emergency physician at the hospital.
I'm still in contact with my parents, who are trying to pull some strings around Hip-Bone to make it more inclusive. While they have been getting some backlash for it, they are respected members of their community, and people are starting to listen. They have gotten rid of the heterosexuality talk, and they have cancelled the anti-pride march for two years. They are still trying to allow rainbow merchandise in the school, and are hoping to open a Gay-Straight Alliance in the school as well. Overall, Hip-Bone has come a long way, and it gets better every time I go back to visit.
My world has gone from no rainbow allowed, to full on gay paradise. I have a husband, three beautiful children, accepting parents, and best friends. While I was in the closet, I was stuck. I couldn't move forward, I couldn't be happy, and I couldn't breathe. Once I came out, even with the struggles that I had to go through, it was like a whole new world had opened up to me. I could breathe, I was free, and I was me. I'm not just happy. I'm gay.