‘Honey, I’ve got a secret’ : When gay men e out to their wiv | SBS Voic

Contents:

• I ME OUT AS GAY TO MY WIFE. NOW SHE AND MY SON HATE ME. WHAT N I DO?
• ‘HONEY, I’VE GOT A SECRET’ : WHEN GAY MEN E OUT TO THEIR WIV
• ASK JOHN: 'I'VE HAD A GAY AFFAIR ON MY WIFE'
• MARV GAYE’S WIFE JANIS HUNTER GAYE DI AGED 66
• WHEN YOUR SPOE OUT AS GAY

I ME OUT AS GAY TO MY WIFE. NOW SHE AND MY SON HATE ME. WHAT N I DO?

Many lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr people e out years after they have been married to an oppose-sex heterosexual wife or hband. Was she accg me of turng her hband gay?

Like the time he told me he had gone on a porn se to see how gay men “do . I’ve known upl, gay and straight, who were open relatnships. The steam room and sna at my lol Y served as a kd of after-work social club for men who were gay ― and for those who had wiv and kids.

I knew a gay imprar when I lived San Francis the 1980s. One night he threw a dner party for his gay circle of iends at Trar Vic’s. I me out as gay and divorced her.

‘HONEY, I’VE GOT A SECRET’ : WHEN GAY MEN E OUT TO THEIR WIV

My wife said she would rather I be ad than gay.

ASK JOHN: 'I'VE HAD A GAY AFFAIR ON MY WIFE'

I want to affirm that you serve to live your tth as a gay person, and to be happy, regardls of how your fay has experienced your g out. It was wrong for your wife to say she would rather you be ad than gay.

While I image she was gog through some terrible feelgs of her own, and she serv to be supported as well, ’s never okay to imply that a gay or queer person is better ad than out.

MARV GAYE’S WIFE JANIS HUNTER GAYE DI AGED 66

I’m so glad you’re gay.

WHEN YOUR SPOE OUT AS GAY

This world needs you , exactly as you are—a gay man wh the urage took to e out now, after all this time. I enurage you to nnect wh a gay or queer muny that will give you this same msage, over and over, until you start to really believe . There are people the gay muny who would like to meet you.