For many married couples, a gender transition brings new honesty and identity

For people already in a same-sex relationship, a partner’s gender transition can bring angst but also self-discovery.

Marissa Lasoff-Santos and the person she would marry quickly fell head over heels in love. Lasoff-Santos was a gay woman. Her girlfriend was a bisexual woman — or so they thought. Now her partner has become her husband, and they both identify as queer. And things are better than ever.