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Sen. Derek Kitchen and his husband announce they are separating but remain proud of their fight for marriage equality

State Sen. Derek Kitchen, a gay rights pioneer who sued for the right to marry in Utah, announced Sunday that he and his husband of four years plan to divorce.

“[I]t is with much love and in the interest of living with full transparency still, that we are letting you know that we have decided to pursue individual paths and end our marriage,” Kitchen, a freshman senator who previously served as a Salt Lake City councilman, wrote in an Instagram post. “Had we known that this would be the outcome when we met, we would do it all over again.