The Dress I Can’t Throw AwayWhen I was 15, I bought a white dress at a store called “Tree of Life.” I told my best friend that one day I would marry her in it. Eventually, I worked it out and told her the truth: None of it had ever been a joke. In the same sentence, she told me she loved me but we could never happen — girls didn’t marry other girls. In 2017, when marriage equality passed in Australia, she was the first person I thought of, my first great love. I’ve kept the white dress.

Source: New York Times February 26, 2019 21:22 UTC