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Tina Sherman kisses her wife, Hallene Darland, on the cheek in their bird room on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at their home in Sturgeon, Mo. “A lot of marriages, especially straight marriages, there's a whole ball-and-chain attitude about it. What I love most about our relationship and our marriage is we very clearly like each other. And we — even if we weren't married — we'd still be spending all this time together,” Darland said. “On the first date there was an instant connection. It’s almost this transcendental experience of liking each other and being good fits for each other, and being life partners. We go through life together as a unit. And for people that are looking at us as representations, not only for a queer couple but for a healthy relationship and a solid relationship, I like to think that we're good representations of the standard that you should have for the person in your life.”
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Hallene Darland and Tina Sherman are a married autistic and ADHD queer couple. They spoke about the sometimes-complicated intersection of queer celebration and neurodivergence.
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