Why do gay upl e the terms ‘hband’ and ‘wife,’ rather than ‘partner’? - The Washgton Post

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Rourc for stunts and psychologists to ga a better unrstandg of issu that may affect the straight spoe when a wife or hband out as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr.

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WHY DO GAY UPL E THE TERMS ‘HBAND’ AND ‘WIFE,’ RATHER THAN ‘PARTNER’?

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Me and my fiancee are about to get married soon and he is by im gay.... 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.

STRAIGHT WOMEN AND THEIR GAY HBANDS

One night he threw a dner party for his gay circle of iends at Trar Vic’s.

Bee there was so much to disver and try to unrstand, we cid he need space to date, to fd out if he was gay or some other orientatn, and to learn exactly what this meant for him ― and for . “I cid that if he was gay, I uld be his bt iend ex-wife and we uld have this big gay fay.

THE FEMALE SPOE: A PROCS OF SEPARATN WHEN A HBAND ' OUT' AS GAY

I helped create his onle datg profile, took sexy pictur of him to upload, and sent him advice articl on gay relatnships. ”In between bouts of cryg the shower, sleepls nights and readg every self-help book sold on Amazon, I cid that if Stuart was gay, I uld be his bt iend ex-wife and we uld have this big gay fay.

I’M A STRAIGHT WOMAN WHO MARRIED A GAY MAN

Dear Civili: My wife (female) and I are supporters of gay marriage, but we are puzzled about gay upl g the terms “wife” and “hband. (Still, I uldn’t help but notice that the boyiend of Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted by an NFL team, was rrectly lled out by some as Sam’s “wife” and “trophy wife” on social media, highlightg the tradnal stereotyp of “hband/wife” rol.

A gay man, engaged to his fiance, spoke for many on my Facebook page when he posted this rponse to your qutn: “When we marry I will ll him my hband bee he will be, and I will be his.

” In short, once legally wed, spo — whether straight or gay — have earned the tl “hbands” and “wiv. ” That don’t mean that every gay or lbian uple will embrace those terms, jt as some oppose-sex upl prefer partner or spoe spe their legal stat. Take a look at this lovely vio of a young boy talkg to his newly married gay dad.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* WIFE JOINS GAY HUSBAND

Dear Pnce: I’m a straight woman who married a gay man..

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