Ash Kelley

However, she explained the failed marriage to her parents in 1959.

It almost certainly wasn't the truth.

Okay.

However, she had said was happening.

The fact was the queasiness that Kitty had always felt when it came to dating and her fail, you know, quote unquote failed marriage was likely due to the fact that she did not have an interest in men.

Yeah.

I was starting to wonder.

Like a romantic interest in men.

Yeah.

Of course, in the late 1950s, early 1960s, coming out as a lesbian would have had serious consequences.

And it would range from being disowned by her family to being arrested.

Yeah.

Or involuntarily placed in a mental health facility.

Yeah.

Shit was fucking wild.

So Kitty had good reason to keep that to herself.

Mm-hmm.

Whether or not she chose to reveal that side of herself to her family, she wasn't entirely closeted.

And on occasion, she would visit the underground, you know, gay and lesbian bars in Greenwich Village.

So she was at least like exploring that side of her, which was good for her.