Two years into our relationship, Devin started their transition. We got together as lesbians originally. Devin's transition wasn't on our radar at all. It wasn't even a conversation we had for the first two years we were together.
I had actually sworn to myself that I would not get into a committed relationship again. But I realised I was completely in love with Devin.
Ending his marriage had nothing to do with feelings around his gender identity, but rather thinking that life had more to offer. I just realised there was more for me in the world and I needed to live that. I was not aware at that time that [being] transgender was going to be part of my journey.
An intrinsically difficult part of Devin's journey was even knowing that being trans was an option. It just wasn't a known thing. It wasn't something that was public. You couldn't just go up and say: 'Oh, this is Mr Trans and Mrs Trans'. It wasn't like that at all. Even to be gay, to be bi, anything outside what's considered 'the norm' [was unheard of].
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