People talk about coming out like it’s a one-time thing. Like you do it once, check the box, and move on. But honestly? It doesn’t work that way. I’ve come out more times than I can count. First to myself, then to my best friend, then my family. That was the big, emotional part. But after that, it just kept happening… at every new job, with every new group of people, every time someone casually asks, “So, do you have a wife?” And in that split second, I have to decide whether