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A GUI FOR GAY MEN ON BOTH OPEN AND MONOGAMO MARRIAGE
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GAY MEN OPEN RELATNSHIPS: WHAT WORKS?
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I've noticed that onle a very ntent topic gay circl is open relatnships or ethil non-monogamy general.
Like most relatnships straight or gay are bound to fail. I unrstand hyperbole however there's still plenty of gay men who are monogamo.
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A support and discsn fom for olr members who are lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr etc. Tom is a psychotherapist and upl unselor at the Gay Therapy Center San Francis. Whether married or not, many gay relatnships beg to "open up" after the first few years.
In the book, we'll follow two upl as they explore how to handle the sire for sex outsi their gay upl do want monogamy. Many of my upled gay clients, havg examed tradnal heterosexual marriage-based relatnships, fd them lackg.
A nversatn about open and monogamo marriage, for gay men and for all. * gay open relationship forum *
While this is a ntroversial issue, 's also an opportuny for as married or potentially-married gay men to be social pneers and make our own way. And I'm not jt talkg about sex my years of workg wh upl, I've noticed that gay upl typilly experience two challeng more tensely than do oppose-sex or lbian upl: petn and nflict.
As a upl unselor workg wh gay men, I am often asked my opn on monogamy and open gay relatnships. * gay open relationship forum *
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Excerpted om Michael Dale Kimmel's The Gay Man's Gui to Open and Monogamo Marriage, released this month by Rowman & Ltlefield. Is Latent Homosexualy a Thg? I had the opportuny to talk wh psychotherapist and thor Michael Dale Kimmel about his new book, The Gay Man's Gui to Open and Monogamo Marriage.
MOC: Tell me about The Gay Man's Gui to Open and Monogamo Marriage. MDK: I began offerg workshops for gay, bisexual, and transgenr men about eighteen years’ ago, and after a uple of years there were always a few guys who me up to me and said ( whispered ton), “You’ve got to put this stuff a book. While there are lots of books about how to plan your gay weddg, there were virtually none that addrs what to do after the honeymoon is over (lerally and figuratively).
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” — regard to gay marriage — to be ntroversial.
The Gay Man’s Gui to Open and Monogamo Marriage dar to ask the qutn: is monogamy or an open relatnship (or a batn of both) the bt way to stcture your marriage? Same-sex marriage has been a long time g – a few thoand years or so - and now that ’s fally here, many gay, bisexual and transgenr men may thk that ’s a bad ia to “rock the boat” by discsg the kds of ias that this book prents. I believe that now is the perfect time to qutn what gay marriage n, should and will be, while is still relatively new, h and malleable.
MDK: I have been givg workshops on “monogamy or open relatnship” for many years, long before gay marriage was legal. While marriage wasn’t a possibily then, the qutns those workshops were basilly the same as those this book: as gay men, do we choose the monogamy of heterosexual marriage as our mol, or do we prefer an open marriage? And yet, most gay marriag emulate whout much thought, assumg that ’s the “right” way to be married.