I helped my ex-hband e out as gay. 20 years later, I'm bt iends wh him and his new hband.

Contents:

• KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
• THE FEMALE SPOE: A PROCS OF SEPARATN WHEN A HBAND ' OUT' AS GAY
• I HELPED MY EX-HBAND E OUT AS GAY. 20 YEARS LATER, I'M BT IENDS WH HIM AND HIS NEW HBAND.
• FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS GAY
• 'MY HBAND ME OUT GAY LIKE PHILLIP SCHOFIELD - BUT THE SIGNS WERE ALWAYS THERE'
• HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY
• IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND
• WHEN YOUR SPOE OUT AS GAY

KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS

Kev Spacey is on trial at Southwark Crown Court (Picture: PA)Kev Spacey said he was ‘prsured’ to e out as gay after beg acced of sexual misnduct.

He told jurors he had been ‘prsured’ to e out as gay (Picture: EPA)At the time of the allegatns, Spacey had issued a statement g out as gaywhich he said ‘upset’ the LGBTQ+ muny. He claimed he had wanted to e out as gay for around two years at that stage and thought that ‘ the face of this terrible accatn maybe I n do somethg at least posive.

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

He has nied the allegatns agast him (Picture: EPA)The gay muny had ‘been prsurg me for a very long time about g out, ’ he add. “It’s a book I wish I would have had when I was terrified, when I was believg that I was the only gay person the world for a long time. Ken Felts, who didn't e out until he was 90, has jt gotten married Ken Felts didn't e out as gay until he was 90.

I HELPED MY EX-HBAND E OUT AS GAY. 20 YEARS LATER, I'M BT IENDS WH HIM AND HIS NEW HBAND.

Ken Felts didn't e out as gay until he was 90. In 2020, his dghter was the first person he told he was gay. The news me as a shock to her, as do to many men and women who learn their spoe is gay.

"I went to the marriage very termed not to be gay, " he says. " But Jeff is gay and the news shocked Betty.

FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS GAY

Society's creasg acceptance of gays and lbians and the Supreme Court lg June that legalized same-sex marriage have foced attentn on sexual orientatn.

'MY HBAND ME OUT GAY LIKE PHILLIP SCHOFIELD - BUT THE SIGNS WERE ALWAYS THERE'

Spo like Betty Wae often feel nfed and betrayed when their partners announce they're gay.

Studi dite nearly 4 percent of Amerins intify as lbian, gay or bisexual.

HOW TO COPE WHEN YOUR SPOE COM OUT AS GAY

" Straight spo are the "victims of the victims of homophobia, " says Amy Pierce Buxton. "The gay or lbian, bisexual and transgenr people were told by their church or muni or parents or fai that the right thg to do is to marry someone of the oppose genr, and most of them love the people they marry, " she says.

Sarma, Conceptualizatn, Formal analysis, Invtigatn, Methodology, Project admistratn, Supervisn, Validatn, Visualizatn, Wrg – review & edg#Olalekan Uthman, EdorAbstractThis study vtigated the stori of heterosexual women who experienced a hband g out as gay and a nsequential maral separatn. Addnal strs was experienced when others mimised the experience due to the gay sexual orientatn of their hband.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

The importance of non-judgemental support for maral loss, rather than a foc on the gay sexual orientatn of the spoe, was highlighted. IntroductnWhen a hband ‘ out’ as gay (acceptg and revealg onelf as gay), impacts the fay un. Marriag where one partner out face the potential stigma of a ‘failed marriage’ addn to the possibily of homophobia [1].

Strs and anxiety regardg the implitns of a gay inty beg at odds wh their relig fah or muny of the uple n occur [2, 3]. Moreover, a fear of rejectn by fay, iends, or a relig muny n rult supprsn and isolatn, pecially more nservative or homophobic environments [6, 7] seems reasonable to assume that the experience of a spoe havg same-sex sir ronat wh fai wh which extra-maral affairs occur (e. However, some studi suggt that required support may be perceived as unavailable, due to fay or relig homophobic beliefs [21, 22].

Further rearch is required to explore the experienc of the heterosexual spoe, and how a maral dissolutn followg a same-sex affair differs om that of a heterosexual study sought to expand on the existg lerature, and on rearch rried out by the thors, which explored the experienc of hbands who me out as gay the ntext of a heterosexual marriage (publitn forthg), and children who had a parent e out as lbian, gay or bisexual. In this study, the lived experienc of mothers and wiv, whose voic may appear more silent the ntext of a disclosure of a gay sexual orientatn of their spoe, were explored. An terpretative phenomenologil analysis (IPA) approach was adopted seekg to unrstand the unique experienc of havg a hband disclose as gay followg a marriage that produced children.

WHEN YOUR SPOE OUT AS GAY

MethodsThe rearchers were terted how wiv ma sense of their personal experience of their hband g out to them as gay. The disclosure of a gay sexual orientatn that changed the maral relatnship) and a foc on the self (as wife, mother, dividual).

ParticipantsAll women had (a) experienced a hband e out as gay, and (b) had a child or children wh their hband. IPA samplg tends to be small (ually fewer than 10 participants) and seeks homogeno groups of participants.