I’d thought about telling my family the truth about myself for years, but if I’m really honest with myself, I never considered what came next. How they’d respond, react . . . It was always about the words being out there, but now I’m facing the reality of it and I’m suddenly afraid. Will I still have a family? How will I navigate between the siblings that accept my life and those that don’t? Will I miss out on my nephews’ and nieces’ birthdays? Will they be turned against me? Told that I’m a pervert? That I’m going to hell? I can’t bear to think of my sweet Oli poisoned against me; as his
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