We tried to marry in every country until a tragic diagnosis


I had been married to a wonderful man for ten years, but in 2008, we got divorced and I shortly got into another relationship. In November 2010, I went with my then-boyfriend to a festival in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, about feminist pornography.
It was an amazing evening; that's when I saw Julian. From the first conversation I had with her, I was completely head over heels…
This story appeared on newsweek.com, 2023-09-19.