Straight Partners describe what it’s like to experience their partner coming out as LGBT+. Author: Sarah Bell.
UK television star Philip Scofield came out as gay after 27 years of marriage in early 2020. Author P.L. Sheffield asks “What’s Stephanie Schofield’s story?”
Author P.L. Sheffield writes about the sense of betrayal after a spouse comes out and shatters the illusion that a marriage is real.
NPR reports on the experience of one Mixed Orientation Relationship. Author: Cheri Lawson.
The New York Times reports on the phenomenon of “Brokeback Marriages” after the release of the film Brokeback Mountain. Author: Katy Butler.
A Straight Partner writes about navigating her husband’s shifting sexual identity as he worked through his authentic orientation. Author: Janine Cole.
Within the scope of this study, we focused on self-identified non-straight men (gays, bisexuals, or men who have sex with men) who are in a relationship with self-identified straight...
This article examines the current legal situation in mainland China of gays and lesbians marrying a straight spouse to conceal their sexual orientation. It takes up angles from both...
This study investigated the stories of heterosexual women who experienced a husband coming out as gay and a consequential marital separation. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used. Loss, anger,...