When I first wrote here about Kenneth Felts, I said "he is proof that it is never too late." At the age of 90 he had just come out as gay!
After serving in the US Navy during the Korean War, and through his college and working years (at Colorado State Rehabilitation), Ken lived as any heterosexual man. Nobody knew his secret. All that changed though in 2020. He told his daughter, who is also gay, and then he told the world.
Since then, Ken met a man and fell in love. How wonderful! They have been together now for three years.
Ken has also written a book, My Handful of Stars: Coming Out at Age 90, which tells the story of his life and of his coming out. Now he is writing a second story about growing up in the 1930s as a gay person in the mid-west.
Coming out certainly agrees with him. Look at the smile on his face. Ken says he hopes his story will give others the courage to embrace their sexual orientation as well. I'm personally grateful to have him in my life. What an inspiration!
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