After the marriage between James Hanson-Brown and Lisa Combest ended, something unusual happened: Their relationship deepened.
"We got married Jan. 11, 1986, and the minister who married us told me, 'You guys are the best-matched couple I've ever talked to,' " Lisa recalls. "But I guess we were in our marriage for about a year when I started thinking that something was wrong. Emotionally I was supported, but it was the physical side of things."
At the same time, James was trying to figure out what was going wrong, as well.
"I was looking at everyone else, going, 'Why aren't we like that?' " he says. "And one night, I had this realization and went: 'I'm gay.' And part of me was like, 'No this can't be — because I love Lisa.' "
