I was married wh 2 kids when I realized I'm gay (opn) | CNN

Contents:

• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
• I WAS MARRIED WH 2 KIDS WHEN I REALIZED I’M GAY
• GAY MARRIAGE
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE
• STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed. Adults (37%) favored allowg gays and lbians to wed 2009, a share that rose to 62% 2017. For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).

4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married.

I WAS MARRIED WH 2 KIDS WHEN I REALIZED I’M GAY

Is among 29 untri and jurisdictns that allow gay and lbian upl to wed. The first natn to legalize gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so 2000. Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage.

And May 2019, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow gays and lbians to legally wed. Like heterosexuals, many lbian, gay, and bisexual people want to form stable, long-lastg relatnships and many of them do. In fact, rearchers have found that the majory of lbian, and gay, adults are mted relatnships and many upl have been together 10 or more years.

Empiril rearch also shows that lbian and gay upl have levels of relatnship satisfactn siar to or higher than those of heterosexual upl. How do laws that lim marriage to heterosexuals affect gay and lbian people?

GAY MARRIAGE

The fai and iends of lbian and gay upl who are nied marriage rights may also experience negative physil and mental health nsequenc siar to those experienced by their loved on.

The vast majory of scientific studi that have directly pared lbian and gay parents wh heterosexual parents have nsistently shown that the same-sex upl are as f and pable parents as heterosexual upl, and that their children are jt as psychologilly healthy and well adjted. Then you disver that your spoe or partner is, fact, gay. How to Regnize Your Spoe Is Gay.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

Unls your spoe shar their sexual orientatn wh you, there is no way to know for sure if they are gay. You notice pop-ups of gay pornography or gay datg s on their vic. You notice a new group of iends on their social media, many of whom are openly gay.

MY HBAND'S SECRET GAY LIFE

You notice them talkg more about gay people nversatn, eher a posive light or rogatory manner. Among the upl, when the gay, lbian, or bisexual partner out, a third of the upl break up immediately; another third stay together for one to two years and then spl; the remag third try to make their marriag work. There's no qutn that learng your partner is gay when you believed them to be straight n be extremely difficult.

STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

Some straight/gay marriag are happy unns. Blame yourself for "turng" your partner gay. No one n turn someone else gay.

The experience of disverg your partner is gay n be overwhelmg. People do not choose who they are attracted to, so make sure to not direct homophobic backlash towards your partner. How AIDS shattered the silence about gay liv.

There’s a price of admissn for g out as gay later life. I kept wag for the moment where I would realize I was no longer gay so I uld put a halt to everythg. I was nsumed by the p my stomach – the shame of endg my marriage bee I was gay was like luggg a sandbag over my shoulrs and havg a rock my stomach at the same time.