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When family executors discover hidden LGBTQ+ history

My sister and I are co-executors of our aunt's estate and we found love letters between her and another woman from the 1960s, but we disagree about whether to tell our conservative family about this relationship or quietly preserve the letters privately.

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The guardians of someone's legacy must choose between protecting her from posthumous judgment and honoring the fullness of who she was.

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