My Nonprofit Reviews

Nobody talks about how you can be straight and trapped in the closet too. Nobody talks about the shame that nearly immobilizes you. Nobody talks about the depression that brings you to your knees. Nobody talks about the Gay Pride events that your gay husband goes to while you stay at home with his children, and cry. Nobody talks about the train wreck of emotions you have to sort through when you find out your spouse is gay or lesbian. ...but people in the Straight Spouse Network do. They talk about it. They cuss and swear and scream and cry with you. They understand the closet you didn't know you were being put in. The shame that swallows you whole. The depression that has nearly ended many of us. The emotions that are anything but Prideful when a Str8 spouse lives through Gay Pride festivals. The issues surrounding having children with a gay spouse. They help you see your way through the train wreck, holding your hand and seeing you through the darkest moments. We are the silent minority in the world of gay rights and gay pride. We are the men and women who have loved, married, supported and born children to gay spouses. We suffer the effects of homophobia. We struggle with the closet. I don't know how I would have made it through my darkest moments in this marriage without the Straight Spouse Network. They support me and lift me up every day and I am so grateful.

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