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TLC'S “MY HBAND'S NOT GAY” STARS A PROMENT “EX-GAY” ACTIVIST
'MY HBAND'S NOT GAY' STARS DEFEND TLC'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW SHOW
‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ FANS DOUBLE DOWN ON MATT BEG GAY
TIM MALLM: HERE'S THE TTH ABOUT THE GAY AND TRANSGENR RUMORS ...
THOANDS TELL TLC TO DUMP SHOW THAT CLAIMS BEG GAY IS A CHOICE
4 REASONS TLC’S ‘MY HBAND’S NOT GAY’ IS DANGERO FOR LGBT PEOPLE
THE REAL REASON YOU SHOULD BE OFFEND BY TLC’S ‘MY HBAND’S NOT GAY’

TLC'S “MY HBAND'S NOT GAY” STARS A PROMENT “EX-GAY” ACTIVIST

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The two of uldn't be at more oppose ends of the gay spectm: him a mascule former baseball player and me a flamboyant former drag queen.

'MY HBAND'S NOT GAY' STARS DEFEND TLC'S CONTROVERSIAL NEW SHOW

GLAAD is llg TLC's My Hband's Not Gay "dangero" for the way portrays homosexualy, but should be nceled? * tlc gay *

"Around the age of 12, Schaeffer began to feel he might be gay. Given his relig upbrgg, he tried to “pray the gay away. " He explaed, “I didn’t necsarily have a moment time when I knew I was gay.

‘I LOVE A MAMA’S BOY’ FANS DOUBLE DOWN ON MATT BEG GAY

TLC's 'I Love A Mama's Boy' are doublg down on theori that Matt mt be gay. And, they wish he would jt e out already. * tlc gay *

"I cried, not bee I was sad bee he was gay, but bee he had lived wh this strs for so long, " Cohen said. He already has accepted his brother for beg gay. "He don't hi (beg gay) but now that he has this platform, maybe his story will help others who are stgglg to e out feel like 's OK, " she add.

TLC ni claims that s newt show, “My Hband's Not Gay, ” helps promote the discreded notn that gay men n choose to be heterosexual.

TIM MALLM: HERE'S THE TTH ABOUT THE GAY AND TRANSGENR RUMORS ...

Cable work TLC is bt known for brgg programmg like Hoardg: Buried Alive and The Duggers—shows that reveal the extreme sis of Amerins’ private liv. Now the work is uppg the ntroversy ante by airg My Hband’s Not Gay, a special that will share the stori of four Mormon guys livg Salt Lake Cy who are attracted to men but don’t intify as gay. As the program’s tle suggts, they’re married to women. * tlc gay *

But one of the show's stars has a history of promotg “ex-gay” therapy, even actg as a spokman for a major “ex-gay” anizatn. TLC's new show, which follows a group of men who adm to beg attracted to other men but have chosen to date and marry women, has been wily cricized by members of the LGBT muny for promotg the wily discreded practice of “ex-gay” or “reparative” therapy. ” Tth Ws Out, a group dited to stoppg “ex-gay” therapy, has poted out that many of the shows stars are closely affiliated wh North Star, a ge Mormon “ex-gay” group.

But one of the stars of TLC's show - Prton “Pret” Dahlgren - has a history of speakg on behalf of “ex-gay” mistri, repeatedly g his ttimony to promote anizatns that promote reparative therapy. Dahlgren is the former chairman of Evergreen Internatnal, a Salt Lake Cy-based ex-gay anizatn which tered to the Mormon muny. Same-genr attractns and overe homosexual behavr, ” largely relyg on the work of the notor Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy (NARTH).

THOANDS TELL TLC TO DUMP SHOW THAT CLAIMS BEG GAY IS A CHOICE

Few shows have been as dangero to the LGBT muny as 'My Hband's not Gay.' * tlc gay *

Dahlgren ma siar ments a vio for the 2013 Rencilg Fah & Feelgs Conference, an event that promot “ex-gay” therapy and believ that 's possible to dimish a person's same-sex attractns:. Dahlgren's wife, Megan, is also actively volved promotg “ex-gay” therapy, havg worked wh Evergreen, North Star, and People Can Change, another anizatn that promot “ex-gay” therapy.

4 REASONS TLC’S ‘MY HBAND’S NOT GAY’ IS DANGERO FOR LGBT PEOPLE

TLC's “My Hband's Not Gay” won't air s first episo until January 11, but 's worth notg that at least one of s stars has a real profsnal centive to e his new, natnal platform to promote a kd of “treatment” that all major profsnal medil anizatns agree is effective and n do ser harm to LGBT people. GLAAD is llg TLC's My Hband's Not Gay "dangero" for the way portrays homosexualy, but should be nceled?

Although the hbands are attracted to men, they don't intify as gay bee of the church. NEWS: Facts of Life Star: My Hband Was Gay"I get a ltle fensive when somebody lls my hband gay, " -star Tanya told ET.

"Sce I'm not seekg same-sex romantic or sexual relatnships, I don't thk of myself as gay, " Jeff said. "Acrdg to Jeff, he is satisfied wh his sex life wh his Raven-Symone: Don't Label Me "Gay" or "Ain-Amerin". "This show says that beg gay is bad and that you should hi and that 's a choice.