https://freerepublic.com/tag/gayrightsissues/ en-us Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:23:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/693267/posts Floridian who came out of closet at 75 recounts decades-long journey 'I did what society wanted me to do. ... I lived a straight life' 06/02/2002 Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - At age 75, after almost 50 years of marriage, H. Austin Rogers finally acknowledged that he was gay. Mr. Rogers said his wife, Dorothy, had always pretended his secret didn't exist. His only child, Barbara, never knew, even as she lay dying of cancer. "Ever since I was a youngster, I did what society wanted me to do," he said. "I had a family. I lived a straight... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/693267/posts#comment Sun, 2 Jun 2002 02:23:55 GMT