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DE Straight
Review for Straight Spouse Network Inc, Chicago, IL, USA
I found the Straight Spouse Network by accident, while looking at the links on my company's official bi/gay/lesbian website. Until I found that link, I thought I was alone in my dispair of living in a marriage with a man who disclosed he is gay. I stayed closeted for 23 years before finding this group. The people who reached out and helped me from the depths of that dispair will be forever in my heart. I am active on a forum of men who found themselves married to lesbians and women who found themselves married to gay men. I try to give back the support I was given--building bridges and reaching out. I've met folks from the group some in face-to-face events and have developed friendships as a result. Were this organization not in existence, I'm not sure that therapy alone would have helped. Only people who have lived this marriage nightmare can understand the feelings and damage done to our self-esteem and sexuality. SSN is a blessing.
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What I've enjoyed the most about my experience with this nonprofit is...
that I have a non-threatening forum to discuss things related to finding myself in a marriage to a closetd gay man.
The kinds of staff and volunteers that I met were...
kind-hearted and give much time for little or no reimbursement. These are people who have lived this situation and have a passion for helping others who find they need support to get through the challenges inherent in marriages of this type.
If this organization had 10 million bucks, it could...
get more public exposure so that no straight spouse who finds him- or herself in a marriage to a gay person struggles to find emotional support. This organization could perhaps have the same stature as PFLAG and other high-profile gay support organizatio
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2009
