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Being polyamorous has been freeing for Gabriel Strange-Wood, 53, and his partner Christina Lydia Strange-Wood, 47, they say.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

In a way, that realization has been freeing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Asked in the interview, they say the diagnosis has been freeing, in a way.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023

This has been freeing to think about because there has been so much denial about the reality of the relative present of the past hundreds of years.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021

This has been freeing in other parts of my life as well.

From The Verge • Apr. 12, 2018