Children of LGBTQ Parents Reflect on Their ‘Coming Out’

When Gabriela Herman was a first-year in high school, her mother revealed she was having an affair with another woman. Herman’s parents split, and she took time away from her mother, barely speaking to her. "I didn’t know a single person who had a gay parent,” says Herman, now a freelance photographer. "I didn’t share it with any of my friends—I didn’t even talk about it with my siblings.