{"id":51,"date":"2016-06-28T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hb-themes.com\/themes\/highend\/life-coach\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-08-08T17:51:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T17:51:32","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amitybuxton.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”-1″ css=”.vc_custom_1488885032667{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column animation=”fade-in” css=”.vc_custom_1467299353575{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1488774811936{padding-top: 5% !important;padding-bottom: 5% !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1488946922338{padding-top: 50px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Amity Buxton, Founder, Our Path, (formerly known as Straight Spouse Network)” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:left|color:%23387774|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][vc_column_text]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.<\/p>\n

Realizing that there were no resources for people like her, she formed Our Path<\/a> (formerly known as the Straight Spouse Network)<\/a>, today the only organization of its kind in the world to support heterosexual partners of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender people.\u00a0Amity, author of ‘The Other Side of the Closet’, believes straight spouses are too often untold victims of homophobia and remains an outspoken proponent of equality.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2020, the name \u201cStraight Spouse Network was changed to \u201cOur Path\u201d in order to emphasize the inclusivity of the organization\u2019s mission : Reaching Out, Healing, and Building Bridges.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"\"[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” fullwidth=”yes” top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”0″ background_color=”#ffffff” css=”.vc_custom_1488883375587{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”VIDEOS” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:32px|text_align:center|color:%23387774|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/PB5-gQtzuDI” title=”Dr. Amity Pierce Buxton at Just Love Conference”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/EB_aa4ZAfq4″ title=”Amity Pierce Buxton Found Her Niche as a Writer”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/9nAJzcr1L1g” title=”David Perry interviews Amity Pierce Buxton”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” top_margin=”0″ bottom_margin=”0″][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]

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The Other Side of The\u00a0<\/strong>Closet by Dr. Buxton<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”142″ img_size=”240×360″ alignment=”center”][vc_btn title=”View Book” style=”classic” shape=”round” color=”info” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThe-Other-Side-Closet-Coming-Out%2Fdp%2F0471021520||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

Unseen, Unheard by Dr.Buxton<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”143″ img_size=”240×360″ alignment=”center”][vc_btn title=”View Book” style=”classic” shape=”round” color=”info” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUnseen-Unheard-Straight-Spouses-Trauma-Transformation%2Fdp%2F1771430699%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dbooks%26ie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1476311089%26sr%3D1-1%26keywords%3DStraight%2BSpouses%2Bfrom%2BTrauma%2Bto%2BTransformation||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column animation=”fade-in” css=”.vc_custom_1467299388281{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”ARTICLES” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:32px|text_align:center|color:%23387774|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”]

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Over 22 years of experience in her role as a mentor, showing support and helping others!<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-pencil-square-o” color=”custom” background_style=”rounded-outline” background_color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#387774″ custom_background_color=”#f4f4f4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Guidance” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%23387774|line_height:32px” google_fonts=”font_family:Roboto%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1563592456617{margin-top: 25px !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”hb-max-80″]\n

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.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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