Tag Archives: closet homosexual

Up a Creek Without a Paddle

Perhaps the best way to question a closeted gay spouse in denial is to ask specific questions, yucky though it may be. Some of us will never hear the truth – and many people around us will never want to hear the truth. Continue reading

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Review – A Box of Darkness

A Box of Darkness is the story of the 46 year marriage of Upton and Sally Ryder Brady and her desperate need to come to terms with his secrets after his unexpected death Continue reading

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Mad Men and the Closet

Approximately 2 million men and women have been in Kitty’s role: straight spouse. Mad Men may be set over 40 years ago, but that doesn’t mean the closet has completely opened. Each day more and more people seek support from the Straight Spouse Network. The difference now is that they have somewhere to turn. The difference now is they do not need to stay in their gay spouse’s closet. Continue reading

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Mark Foley

Former Congressman Mark Foley’s story attracts interest among straight spouses for one reason – the continued and impassioned denial of what truly happened can seem familiar to some women who have been married to homosexual men leading a double life. Continue reading

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