90-Year-Old Gay Man Recalls Long Struggle With His Sexuality

Hector Black at his home in rural Tennessee.
Hector Black at his home in rural Tennessee.
Hector Black at his home in rural Tennessee.
Hector Black at his home in rural Tennessee.

90-Year-Old Gay Man Recalls Long Struggle With His Sexuality

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Ninety-year-old Hector Black has been on Radiolab and StoryCorps, talking about how he forgave the man who murdered one of his daughters.

But he tells NPR’s Ari Shapiro a different story — one he hasn’t shared before. It’s his life as a closeted gay man — a husband and a father — who didn’t come out until he was 70 years old.

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