{"id":5224,"date":"2023-04-30T22:57:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/?post_type=exposition&#038;p=5224"},"modified":"2023-04-30T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T02:57:26","slug":"brian-len","status":"publish","type":"exposition","link":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/exposition\/brian-len\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian &#038; Len"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Brian (he)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Len (he)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Region: Gasp\u00e9sie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>gay couple, coming out, prior heterosexual relationship, chosen family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian had his son in a traditional heterosexual relationship with his then-partner, to whom he was married for 24 years in a context where homosexuality was taboo. Brian and Len have been together for 25 years and have lived in the Gasp\u00e9 since 2006. They are surrounded by two chosen families: a heteroparental family where the parents are the age of Brian&#8217;s biological son, and their son is the same age as Brian\u2019s biological granddaughters; and a lesbian-parented family with three children whom they see less often, though they are very close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian describes the creation of his family as heteronormative; at that time, it was not possible to conceive of living his real sexual orientation and so he repressed and refused it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had his son in a relationship that he describes as a real romantic relationship, and he has a great affinity with his ex-spouse with whom he lived for 24 years. But in retrospect, it was a relationship doomed to fail due to his repressed sexual orientation. He founded his first family in the context of a Catholic, homophobic society where homosexuality was considered a deviation, an illness, a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian and Len are very proud of the ties they maintain with Brian&#8217;s biological family and with his ex-spouse, which are strong despite the geographical distance that separates them. His son leads a very successful university career and promotes the recognition and inclusion of diversity in the various spheres in which he works; his spouse is also an engaged professional and their granddaughter excels in everything. As for their two chosen families, they are part of their lives a bit like uncles and\/or grandpas, present but not annoying! It should be mentioned that Brian and Len have been very involved in the LGBT+ community in Gasp\u00e9sie and are among the co-founders of the Baie-des-Chaleurs LGBT+ Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian (he) Len (he) Region: Gasp\u00e9sie gay couple, coming out, prior heterosexual relationship, chosen family Brian had his son in a traditional heterosexual relationship with his then-partner, to whom he was married for 24 years in a context where homosexuality was taboo. Brian and Len have been together for 25 years and have lived in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5223,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[],"class_list":["post-5224","exposition","type-exposition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exposition\/5224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exposition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exposition"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familleslgbt.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}