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1Straight Spouses Know That One-Man/One-Woman Marriage Amendments Don’t Protect Families — They Hurt Them

Straight Spouses Know That One-Man/One-Woman Marriage Amendments Don’t Protect Families — They Hurt Them

Nov 5, 2012

As a straight woman formerly married to a gay man who married me because he thought it was the “right thing to do” and then decided after 25 years to come out and be true to himself and me, I believe that my experience and those of other straight spouses of gay or lesbian partners […]

2Not All ‘Straight Spouses’ Are Straight: Bisexual Spouses in Mixed-Orientation Marriages

Not All ‘Straight Spouses’ Are Straight: Bisexual Spouses in Mixed-Orientation Marriages

Oct 30, 2012

On Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, I had the good fortune of attending the BOLD Awards at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, for which I’m a Founding Donor. It was thrilling to hear the phrase “lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender” over and over from honorees and center volunteers. In contrast, whenever I give […]

3‘Collateral Damage’ in the LGBT Community: Straight Spouses, Still in the Darkest Corner of the Closet

‘Collateral Damage’ in the LGBT Community: Straight Spouses, Still in the Darkest Corner of the Closet

Sep 20, 2012

Tucked in a corner of the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender closet is a little-known group: straight women and men in heterosexual marriages whose husbands or wives come out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender after marrying them as “the right thing to do.” Finding the marriages too difficult to maintain due to their hidden sexual orientation or gender […]

4A Straight Spouse’s Perspective on Proposition 8: Why it Should Not Pass

A Straight Spouse’s Perspective on Proposition 8: Why it Should Not Pass

Dec 4, 2008

Watching the two sides of the debate over Proposition 8 polarize here in California, as I read the papers, watch TV, follow web, and proselytize for its defeat, I’m more and more fearful that Prop 8 might pass and what they might mean for all of us, straight and gay. For that reason, I’m more […]

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  • Straight Spouses Know That One-Man/One-Woman Marriage Amendments Don’t Protect Families — They Hurt Them
  • Not All ‘Straight Spouses’ Are Straight: Bisexual Spouses in Mixed-Orientation Marriages
  • ‘Collateral Damage’ in the LGBT Community: Straight Spouses, Still in the Darkest Corner of the Closet
  • A Straight Spouse’s Perspective on Proposition 8: Why it Should Not Pass

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Dr. Buxton has done numerous years of research to better help spouses, couples, professionals and society deal effectively with having a husband or wife come out. In 1983, after 25 years of marriage, Amity Buxton's husband, a decorated World War II veteran now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, came out of the closet. Realizing that there were no resources for people like her, she formed the Straight Spouse Network, today the only organization of its kind in the world to support heterosexual partners of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people.

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Latest Articles

  • Straight Spouses Know That One-Man/One-Woman Marriage Amendments Don’t Protect Families — They Hurt Them
  • Not All ‘Straight Spouses’ Are Straight: Bisexual Spouses in Mixed-Orientation Marriages
  • ‘Collateral Damage’ in the LGBT Community: Straight Spouses, Still in the Darkest Corner of the Closet
  • A Straight Spouse’s Perspective on Proposition 8: Why it Should Not Pass

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