Virginia House Candidate Comes Out As A Swinger Ahead Of November Election

“This has been our way of life for several years, and so it would have come out," she said of her and her husband's ethically nonmonogamous relationship.

Yvonne Rorrer figured someone would out her on the campaign trail, so she got ahead of the story and did it herself.

Rorrer, a Democratic candidate for Virginia’s House of Delegates in the 47th district, revealed Saturday on social media that she is married and ethically nonmonogamous, meaning she and her husband consensually date other couples together.

“In politics, people love to dig up the unexpected and spin it into a spectacle,” the 47-year-old wrote on social media. “I don’t do shame, and I sure won’t give anyone else the opportunity to tell my story.”

Rorrer told HuffPost on Tuesday that while no one was threatening to out her, she believes word of her lifestyle would have gotten out of her inner circle in Stuart, Virginia, her hometown with a population of just over 1,000.

“What we do is together, and is often categorized under the term of ‘swingers,’ which has been around since the dawn of the sexual revolution. It’s a large community of people,” Rorrer told HuffPost.