The female spoe: A procs of separatn when a hband ' out' as gay - PMC

Contents:

• KEV SPACEY FELT ‘PRSURED TO E OUT AS GAY’ AFTER SEXUAL MISNDUCT ALLEGATNS
• DIVORCED UPLE SHAR SPIRG JOURNEY AFTER 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.
• WHEN DID MY HBAND E OUT AS GAY?
• THE FEMALE SPOE: A PROCS OF SEPARATN WHEN A HBAND ' OUT' AS GAY
• FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS 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. 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.

DIVORCED UPLE SHAR SPIRG JOURNEY AFTER HBAND OUT AS GAY

Last summer, Matthew Pl Turner, a New York Tim bt-sellg Christian children’s book thor, announced he was gay and endg his 15-year marriage.. "Beg gay isn’t a new disvery for me.

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

"I'll never fet, our dghter who was eight at the time, almost ne, sayg, 'Daddy, why did you marry Mommy if you were 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.

WHEN DID MY HBAND E OUT AS GAY?

" But Jeff is gay and the news shocked Betty.

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. 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.

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

" Straight spo are the "victims of the victims of homophobia, " says Amy Pierce Buxton.

FDG OUT YOUR SPOE IS GAY

"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. 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.

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. Tera Leggett at Mardi Gras wh her ex-hband (left) and his new LeggettWhen Tera Leggett's hband me out as gay, she took him to Mardi Gras now ns an LGBTQ social group and was the "bt man" at his is Leggett's story, as told to Gary as-told-to say is based on a nversatn wh Tera Leggett.

IS MY HBAND GAY? SIGNS OF A GAY HBAND

It has been eded for length and year, when I dance Sydney's Mardi Gras para wh my ex-hband, his new hband, and 160 people the LGBTQ social group I found, I always thk back to the 29-year-old woman who realized she married a gay my ial anguish and even anger, I uldn't have imaged that two s later, my then-hband's g out would save both of and help fd our purpos.

20 years ago, dawned on me that my hband was gayMichael and I got married when I was 21, and our marriage lasted a — eight years of which were very happy. Sudnly, I had this skg night, I asked Michael outright if he was gay. When he uld get the words out, he fally said he was gay — the relief he mt've felt.

WHEN YOUR SPOE OUT AS GAY

Michael was termed to keep his vows to me, sayg even though he was gay, he didn't need to act on .