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<\/p>\n95-Year-Old Comes Out as Gay, and He\u2019s Looking for Love: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n
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Davey Wavey spoke with Roman Blank, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor\u00a0<\/a>who is the subject of a forthcoming documentary, On My Way Out<\/a>. <\/em>Roman lived his entire life as a married, closeted gay<\/a> man<\/a>, and decided to begin living that truth last year.<\/p>\n Roman tells Davey that he\u2019s looking for the right companion:<\/p>\n \u201cYes\u2026I don\u2019t care [what he looks like]. I don\u2019t look at the face. I look at the heart. Somebody to lean against, somebody who feels the heart ticking\u2026and nobody can do that unless you love them.\u201d<\/p>\n Writes Davey:<\/p>\n Roman\u2019s story is very complex. On one hand, it\u2019s the triumphant story of a 95 year old man<\/a> coming out of the closet \u2013 and shedding the weight of a nine-decade secret. That is certainly something worth celebrating!<\/p>\n On the other hand, Roman\u2019s story is also deeply emotional and, at times, quite difficult. At some level, it\u2019s the story of lost opportunities. You can\u2019t help but wonder, had the circumstances been different, how Roman\u2019s story could have ended differently. And you also feel for Roman\u2019s wife. While they undoubtedly loved each other in a deep way, both Roman and his wife deserve passion and sexual intimacy. Did they have that despite Roman being gay<\/a>? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n But despite the story\u2019s complexity, Roman\u2019s desire to feel the heartbeat of someone who loves him is fundamentally human. It\u2019s a simple yearning that drives all of us. In it, we see Roman\u2019s humanity. And we see ourselves.<\/p>\n I think there\u2019s a lot to take from this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a sense of history in understanding how far we\u2019ve come, and the struggles that this man<\/a> must have experienced.<\/p>\n There\u2019s gratitude for the LGBT people who marched and rallied and bleed and sweat so that today\u2019s world is different \u2013 and that fewer people feel compelled to live<\/a> in the shadows or closets.<\/p>\n But there\u2019s also raw humanity. Whether you are queer or not, listening to Roman stirs something in all of us. And at a time when the world often feels divisive and divided, it\u2019s good to be reminded of our common humanity.<\/p>\n Watch:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post 95-Year-Old Comes Out as Gay, and He\u2019s Looking for Love: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n