Meg: I’m not particularly proud of the way that I came out to my ex. Coming out to my parents and my brother was a to-the-point text message met with supportive words and emojis - and also my brother coming out as bi+! - which was a neat surprise! Mel: Coming out to my partner was a couple of conversations, clarifying what it meant to me and what I wanted. I didn’t want a divorce, didn’t want to open our relationship, didn’t want to start dating other people - I just wanted to own this piece of myself that I’d spent a lifetime denying. Meg: Coming out as bisexual was something that I wrestled with for a long time, in large part because I wasn’t asking for my monogamous relationship to change in any way. However, I continue to identify openly as bisexual and I have to come out all the time I don’t get clocked as queer in most contexts. KaeLyn: I was out as bisexual before I got into my current long-term monogamous relationship, nearly 20 years ago. First I came out to my partner, then to my parents and my brother, and then to Facebook, because as mentioned above, I am in my 30s. ![]() Mel: When I came out as bisexual two years ago, I was a working married mom in my 30s (I remain these things, and have recently even added a kid!). Meg: The first time I ever came out as bisexual, I had been married for about three years to a straight, cis man, one that I remained married to for another eight years. I asked some friends and writers to join me in talking about coming out in a monogamous and/or long term relationship, how it impacted us, and why it felt important to claim our bisexuality in those moments. ![]()
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