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| Great-grandfather comes out as gay at 95: 'I want the world to know' | Great-grandfather comes out as gay at 95: 'I want the world to know' |
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| A great-grandfather has come out as gay at the age of 95, saying there are "certain things I want the world to know". | A great-grandfather has come out as gay at the age of 95, saying there are "certain things I want the world to know". |
| American Holocaust survivor Roman Blank has two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild, but last year finally gave up the secret he had been holding for decades. | |
| Now he is the subject of the documentary On My Way Out, directed by his grandson Brandon Gross. In a YouTube interview Mr Blank described the moment. | Now he is the subject of the documentary On My Way Out, directed by his grandson Brandon Gross. In a YouTube interview Mr Blank described the moment. |
| He told the vlogger Davey Wavey: "I just told them plain, that I was born, and was all my life, gay. And I told them the whole tragedy of my life, and they understood what happened to me. Can you imagine, 90 years, to be in the closet?" | He told the vlogger Davey Wavey: "I just told them plain, that I was born, and was all my life, gay. And I told them the whole tragedy of my life, and they understood what happened to me. Can you imagine, 90 years, to be in the closet?" |
| Mr Blank and his wife Ruth have been together for some 60 years and the vlogger said that while "they undoubtedly loved each other in a deep way", "you also feel for" Mrs Blank. According to Mr Gross, she learned of her husband's secret after giving birth to their second child, the director's mother. | Mr Blank and his wife Ruth have been together for some 60 years and the vlogger said that while "they undoubtedly loved each other in a deep way", "you also feel for" Mrs Blank. According to Mr Gross, she learned of her husband's secret after giving birth to their second child, the director's mother. |
| Davey asked whether Mr Blank now wanted to find a companion, and what his type was. | Davey asked whether Mr Blank now wanted to find a companion, and what his type was. |
| He said: "I don't look at the face, I look at the heart. Somebody to lean against, somebody who feels the heart ticking, and nobody can do that unless you let them. | He said: "I don't look at the face, I look at the heart. Somebody to lean against, somebody who feels the heart ticking, and nobody can do that unless you let them. |
| "I'll be very honest about it. I really don't need any either physical or mental connections. But I want to. I want to go to sleep, have somebody close to me, not for any other reason, but to be sure that someone cares. | "I'll be very honest about it. I really don't need any either physical or mental connections. But I want to. I want to go to sleep, have somebody close to me, not for any other reason, but to be sure that someone cares. |
| "For you, it's easy to find. For me, I'm too old already. Who needs an old junk?" | "For you, it's easy to find. For me, I'm too old already. Who needs an old junk?" |
| And he asked his interlocutor: "What do you think of me? Do I have the right to come out at that age?" | And he asked his interlocutor: "What do you think of me? Do I have the right to come out at that age?" |
| Davey replied: "It's your life, and I don't know all of your experiences, but it seems to me that it's never too late to be your true self." | Davey replied: "It's your life, and I don't know all of your experiences, but it seems to me that it's never too late to be your true self." |