Podcasts by OurVoices
OurVoices, the podcast by OurPath, Inc., is a resource for Straight Partners and Partners of Trans People as we navigate the tremendous life changes that accompany the discovery that our spouses or partners are LGBT+.
Closets impact entire families. Telling our own stories as Straight Partners or Partners of Trans People is a powerful catalyst for healing, growth and discovering our own paths toward an authentic life post disclosure or discovery.
We interview Straight Partners and Partners of Trans People with diverse perspectives, experiences and relationship outcomes. We also interview various guest experts, and occasionally, LGBT+ Partners.
This podcast features frank and open discussions about difficult, intimate and sometimes controversial topics in the hopes of providing insight, validation and empowerment to our listeners.
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S6 Ep 13: Healing the Trauma and Shame of Betrayal with Author Michelle Mays from 2023-12-05T15:18
Today we talk to Licensed Professional Counselor and expert in treating sexual betrayal Michelle Mays. She is the author of The Betrayal Bind: How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts...
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S6 Ep 12: A Deep Dive Into Forgiveness, Part 2, with Pastor Carter Cortelyou from 2023-11-01T12:30
In part 2 of our deep dive into forgiveness, we seek a spiritual perspective with Methodist Pastor Carter Cortelyou. We talk about why it can be so hard to let go of the identity of being a stra...
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S6 Ep 11: A Deep Dive into Forgiveness with Everette Worthington from 2023-10-15T13:00
It's no secret that people who have been betrayed often have a hard time forgiving the person who betrayed them. Resistance to "letting them off the hook" is understandable. In this illuminative...
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S6 Ep 10: The Secret Life of Secrets with Michael Slepian from 2023-10-01T13:00
Michael Slepian is the leading expert on the psychology of secrets and author of The Secret Life of Secrets. Slepian has authored more than fifty articles on secrecy, truth, and deception. We ta...
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S6 EP 9: Counseling Couples Through Gender Transition with Dr. Gary Bischof from 2023-09-15T12:00
Dr. Gary Bischof is a professor and coordinator of the Marriage, Couple and Family Counseling Program in the Dept of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology at Western Michigan University....
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S6 EP 8: Facing the Second Half of Life Alone with Arti O'Brien from 2023-09-01T13:58
In our most raw and vulnerable interview yet, guest Arti O’Brien shares what it was like to discover only a year ago that her soulmate, best friend and husband of 30+ years had been cheating on ...
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S6 Ep 7: Post Separation Abuse and High Conflict Divorce with the author of Cover Wife, Suzanne Hope from 2023-08-18T12:30
After discovering that her husband was regularly dialing "Manhunt," one of the most iconic telephone dating services for gay men, Suzanne knew her marriage was not what she thought. After she le...
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S6 Ep 6: Autoheterosexuality and the Connection with Trans Identities with Phil Illy from 2023-05-12T12:30
When our guest Phil Illy found out he had a sexual orientation that he’d never heard of, he set out to understand it. Following an extensive review of nearly a century of research from clinical ...
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S6 Ep 5: Decoding Closeted Spouses with Ryan King from 2023-04-23T13:15
Our favorite self-described former closeted gay narcissist in recovery joins us for a third time to answer audience questions. In this episode he helps us demystify and identify the deflection, ...
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S6 Ep 4: When Disclosure is Still Fresh with Bridget Walker from 2023-04-15T14:00
10 years ago, Bridget unknowingly married a gay man. He came out to her just four months ago. In this raw, deeply honest episode, Bridget takes listeners on a journey through the early days of h...
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S6 Ep 3: Surviving Betrayal Beautifully with Jessica Frew from 2023-03-21T12:00
Jessica Frew is a wife, ex-wife, mom, stepmom, and she hosts a podcast called “Husband in Law” that she records with her husband, Matt, and her ex-husband, Steve, who is gay. Jessica shares here...
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S6 Ep 2: Surviving a High Conflict Divorce from 2023-03-03T13:00
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S6 Ep 1: Cheating is Cheating with The Chump Lady, Tracy Schorn from 2023-02-15T13:00
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S5 Ep 9: What is Autogynephilia with Dr. Ray Blanchard from 2022-12-05T13:00
Dr. Blanchard is widely known for his typology of transexuals and as the originator of the term Autogynephilia, a controversial paraphilia which describes a heterosexual male’s propensity to be ...
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S5 Ep 8: When Closets are Part of Domestic Abuse from 2022-11-04T13:00
In this episode, our guest describes the domestic abuse she endured at the hands of her husband, who was also closeted. She shares the danger signs of domestic abuse, her risky exit from her mar...
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S5 Ep 7: What it Means When a Spouse Comes Out as Non-binary from 2022-07-15T04:00:55
Philippa wasn’t sure what it meant for her marriage when her husband came out to her as transgender/non-binary. The road after disclosure was a rocky one, and at times, Philippa didn’t think her...
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S5 Ep 6: Making Meaning when It’s Hard to Talk About from 2022-04-15T04:00:39
Kirsten Duncan, host of the Unexpected Launch podcast, talks about her husband’s disclosure that he is gay, how her entire life as she knew it changed in that moment, and how listening to other peo...
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S5 Ep 5: A Former Closeted Narcissist in Recovery Answers Your Questions from 2022-04-01T04:00:14
Ryan King returns to the podcast to answer your most common questions about closeted narcissists, their motivations and behaviors. He speaks from his own experience and his experience working with ...
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S5 Ep 4: Reconnecting to Our Sexual Selves after Betrayal Trauma from 2022-03-15T05:00:07
Zoë Kors is a sought-after sex and intimacy coach. She gives us a road map to heal our sexual selves after relationship betrayal. After sexual betrayal, there is an opportunity to reimagine our sex...
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S5 Ep 3: Getting to the Bottom of Anger with Michael Plank from 2022-03-01T05:00
Dr. Michael Plank is a pastor and professor. When his wife disclosed that she is a lesbian, their lives as church leaders seemed to hang in the balance. With the help of a qualified trauma therapis...
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S5 Ep 2: The Impact of Gender Transition on Sex from 2022-02-15T13:00:58
Shannon Thrace talks about how sex and intimacy with her spouse changed when they transitioned genders. In this frank, vulnerable and explicit conversation, Shannon shares how gender transition ...
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S5 Ep 1: Grace and Frankie with Show Creator Marta Kauffman from 2022-02-01T05:01:12
Marta Kauffman, creator of the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, joins us to talk about the inspiration behind her characters, how the idea to give them gay husbands came about, and how her charact...
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S4 Ep 8: Open Relationships 101 for Mixed Orientation Couples from 2021-12-15T05:00
2/3 of Mixed Orientation Couples will try to stay together post disclosure or discovery. Often they try opening their relationships as a way to keep their families together. Guest Libby Sinback ...
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S4 Ep 7: The Impact of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell on a Military Wife from 2021-12-01T05:00
Janice and her husband were members of the US military during the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” era. That enforced secrecy, combined with being southern, Baptist, and African American, meant her husban...
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S4 Ep 6: When Praying Away the Gay Doesn’t Work from 2021-11-15T05:00
Christian therapist Candice Czubernat never expected to be working with Straight Partners as part of her LGBT+ affirming therapy practice. But many of her LGBT+ clients were told the same thing ...
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S4 Ep 5: When a Parent Transitions, A Son Does Too from 2021-11-01T04:00
In this open and heartfelt conversation with Jonathan Williams, son of transgender writer and speaker Paula Stone Williams, he shares his own journey through disbelief, anger, resentment, and fi...
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S4 Ep 4: The Invitation to Transformation with Priscilla Tuft from 2021-10-15T04:00
Fitness entrepreneur, energy healer, transformation and empowerment coach Priscilla Tuft has a gift for guiding people through radical transformations. And she’s been through one of her own as t...
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S4 Ep 3: A “Narcissist in Recovery” Gets Real from 2021-10-01T04:00
Ryan King knew he was gay from the time he was six years old. Despite this, he married a woman. In this double-length episode, Ryan sheds light on the abusive, narcissistic tactics he used to ke...
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S4 Ep 2: Learning to Trust Again with Dr. Debi Silber from 2021-09-15T04:00
Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development expert, the author of Trust Again: Ove...
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S4 Ep 1: Welcome to OurPath from 2021-09-09T04:00
Welcome to OurPath, formerly the Straight Spouse Network. Today on the show, founder Dr. Amity Pierce Buxton, Executive Director Kelly Hollimon, and board member Tiffany Butler discuss the rebra...
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S3 Ep 20: Let’s Talk About Sex. No, Let’s Really Talk About It from 2020-11-15T05:00
Deborah Simmons is co-author of the pre-published book, “What’s a Good Man to Do? A Candid Conversation about Sexuality.” Today she shares how to open up to dating again after traumatic relation...
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S3 Ep 19: Pretending to Be Straight: Sociopathic Partners Who are Secretly Gay from 2020-11-01T04:00
Psychotherapist Ross Rosenberg is an expert in clinical narcissism, narcissistic personality disorders and sociopathy. Today he discusses what happens when a narcissistic or sociopathic individu...
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S3 Ep 18: How Gender Transition Impacts a Couple from 2020-10-15T04:00
Married couple Stephanie and Debbie Hayton get personal in their discussion of Debbie’s gender transition, candidly sharing how it impacted their relationship and their family. Debbie tried to s...
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S3 Ep 17: A Gay Man on the Pressure to Marry Straight from 2020-10-01T04:00
As a young, gay African American male from a Christian background, Nigel Ashford believed he would have to marry a woman to make his family and God happy. He didn’t think about the potential wif...
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S3 Ep 16: A Young Closeted Lesbian on the Prospect of Straight Marriage from 2020-09-15T04:00
Today, Layla Ali, a 19-year-old closeted lesbian from a conservative Muslim family, speaks about growing up as a gay Muslim, and the pressure she feels to marry a man. In fact, Layla isn’t even ...
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S3 Ep 15: A Self-Identified Trans Widow Speaks from 2020-09-01T04:00
Today on the show, a self-identified Trans Widow speaks about the gender transition of her husband. Initially, she made efforts to accept her husband’s need to cross dress, even accompanying him...
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S3 Ep 14: A Methodist Mixed Orientation Ex-Couple Talks Faith and Coming Out from 2020-08-15T04:00
Methodist pastor Carter Cortelyou and his ex-wife Peggy Garrigues, who works at a Unitarian Universalist church, talk about their marriage, divorce, and Peggy’s sexuality. Peggy came out as lesb...
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S3 Ep 13: Navigating a Spouse’s Gender Transition from 2020-08-01T04:00
Writer and performer Julie Feinstein Adams shares her experience navigating both her husband’s sexuality and their gender transition from male to female. She shares how, in a spirit of acceptanc...
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S3 Ep 12: Staying Married to a Trans Spouse from 2020-07-15T04:00
The first episode of a three-part series featuring non-trans spouses of trans women. Today, Lauren Rowello discusses her experience of her husband’s transition to her wife, working through her i...
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S3 Ep 11: The Gaslight Effect from 2020-07-01T04:00
Today, the author of The Gaslight Effect, Dr. Robin Stern, discusses gaslighting, what it is, how it works, why it’s used as an emotional manipulation tactic, and what its effects are o...
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S3 Ep 10: Conscious Uncoupling from 2020-06-15T04:00
In 2014, Gwyneth Paltrow took a lot of heat when she referred to her divorce from Chris Martin as a “Conscious Uncoupling.” Today on the show, therapist and straight spouse Janet Jones walks us ...
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S3 Ep 9: A Trauma Surgeon on The Trauma of Relationship Betrayal from 2020-06-01T04:00
Dr. Joseph Ibrahim was the Trauma Director at an Orlando hospital during the Pulse Nightclub shooting when 49 LGBT people were murdered, and over 50 injured. After 40 hours straight in the OR, h...
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S3 Ep 8: The Latter-Day Lesbian Episode from 2020-05-15T04:00
Today, guest Shelly Johnson shares her story of coming out as a lesbian at age 43. Growing up in a deeply Mormon family, Shelly believed her role as a woman was to get married, have lots of kids...
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S3 Ep 7: What is Sexual Fluidity? from 2020-05-01T04:00
Today on the show, psychology and gender studies professor Dr. Lisa Diamond shares her research into sexual fluidity and same sex attraction. She has studied how same sex attraction, primarily i...
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S3 Ep 6: The Friends and Family Episode from 2020-04-15T22:05:59
Today on the show, SSN’s own Tiffany Butler discusses how the friends and family of straight spouses can support them post discovery and disclosure. She discusses what to say, what not to say, a...
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S3 Ep 5: The Grief Episode: Why We Can’t Just Get Over It? from 2020-04-01T04:00
Have you ever been told to just “get over it already?” Today on the show, grief counselor and thanatologist Claudia Coenen talks to us about complex grief (grief that is clouded by ambiguous cir...
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S3 Ep 4: Is My Husband Gay, Straight or Bi? with Dr. Joe Kort from 2020-03-15T04:00
Today on the show, marriage and sex therapist Dr. Joe Kort discusses whether or not straight men can want gay sex, a controversial position among straight spouses. When a wife discovers her husb...
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S3 Ep 3: Parental Alienation and Co-Parenting with a Difficult Ex from 2020-03-03T14:12:08
Today on the show, expert and researcher Dr. Amy Baker discusses parental alienation, what it is, what it isn’t, who it affects, and how it affects them. She lists some of the 17 behaviors that ...
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S3 Ep2: When a Husband is Asexual from 2020-02-15T05:00
In today’s episode, guest Jeannie Burnett talks about realizing her husband of 25 years is asexual. For years Jeannie tried to find answers to her sexless marriage. Sex was “mechanical and cold,...
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S3 Ep1: Growing Up with a Trans Parent from 2020-02-01T05:00
Guest Emma Bryn’s childhood was overshadowed by her father’s gender transition. By age 12, she had developed a severe eating disorder to cope. “For me, it was like my father had died,” she says....
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S2 Ep 20: Holiday Survival Guide with SSN Executive Director, Kelly Holliman from 2019-11-30T17:24:03
Today on the show, Executive Director of the Straight Spouse Network Kelly Holliman walks us through strategies and tips for getting through the upcoming holidays post discovery or disclosure th...
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S2 Ep 19: A Conversation with Author and Straight Spouse Kristin Levine on her YA Novel, The Jigsaw Jungle, About a Tween Girl Who Discovers Her Father is Gay from 2019-11-15T19:10:17
In today’s episode, Kristin Levine shares her own story of becoming a straight spouse, and how that experience inspired the events in her YA novel, The Jigsaw Jungle, in which a twelve year old ...
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S2 Ep 18: An interview with Kelly Wilkins on Her Life as a Beard and her Unapologetic Truth Telling from 2019-11-01T13:35:34
In today’s episode, Kelly talks about the rise and fall of her marriage to a closeted gay man, being used as what she calls his “ambulatory homophobia meat-shield,” and sitting in her office on ...
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S2 Ep 17: An Interview with Michelle Sandoval On the Impacts of Closets on Family Members from 2019-10-15T15:34:57
Michelle shares her story of growing up with two closeted parents, how the family secrets impacted her sense of reality growing up, how she learned manipulation from watching her parents lie and...
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S2 Ep 16: A Personal Conversation with Dan Cartlidge About His Two Marriages, Both to Gay Women from 2019-09-15T15:55:40
Dan Cartlidge tells the story of his two marriages, both to gay women. As his first wife pursued sexual relationships with women, he shares the toll her lack of desire for him took on his psyche...
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S2 Ep 15: A Personal Conversation with William Dameron, Author of The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing, and Coming Out from 2019-09-01T19:13:15
Today on the show, author William Dameron discusses his book, The Lie, in which he gives an unflinching and self-aware account of the impact his closet had on his wife and family. He sh...
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S2 Ep 14: An interview Josh and Lolly Weed on the Aftermath of coming out as Mixed Orientation Couple, and Divorcing in the LDS Church from 2019-08-15T14:36:08
In today’s special episode, Josh and Lolly Weed talk about how they entered into a Mixed Orientation Marriage thinking their eyes were wide open, thinking they were living in accordance with the...
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S2 Ep 13: An interview with former LDS Church Member Sarah Irish Nicholson on the Impact of the Church on Her Mixed Orientation Marriage from 2019-08-01T03:40:05
Today’s episode is the first in a two-part series on mixed orientation marriage and same sex attraction in the LDS church. Guest Sarah Nicholson shares how her husband’s disclosure that he was a...
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S2 Ep 12: SSN Group Leader Candice Fleszar Smith on What Happens When You Call SSN from 2019-07-15T13:01:23
SSN contact and group leader Candice Fleszar Smith talks to us about what happens when people call SSN for support. She supports straight spouses in finding their own way through the post-disclo...
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S2 Ep 11: Helen Fitzgibbons and her “Cis-Spouse Bill of Rights” from 2019-07-01T01:25:59
What’s the “right” way to respond when your spouse comes out as transgender? Cis-Spouses often hear plenty of opinions on the matter, especially from people who have not experienced the gender t...
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S2 Ep 10: What’s the Difference? Men Who Have Sex with Men vs. Gay with Dr. David Malebranche from 2019-06-15T03:18:30
On today’s episode, Dr. David Malebranche returns to discuss the differences between identifying as gay and identifying as MSM, or “men who have sex with men,” and what those identities mean fro...
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S2 Ep 9: Getting Your Freak On SAFELY: An STI Primer for Grown-Ups with Dr. David Malebranche from 2019-06-01T17:22:38
On today’s episode, we get schooled in all things related to sexually transmitted infections with Dr. David Malebranche, an expert in HIV and STI prevention and treatment, and associate professo...
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S2 Ep 7: An Interview with Susan Relic, Administrator of Straight Partners Anonymous UK, On the Impacts of Her Husband’s Denial of his Sexuality On Her from 2019-05-28T21:58:17
There are many ways to be in denial. Today’s episode features guest Susan Relic. After 35 years of marriage, she discovered her husband was having an affair. At least that’s what she thought at ...
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S2 Ep 8: A Conversation With JL King on His Mission to Raise Awareness about Men Who Have Sex With Men and Life on the Down Low from 2019-05-15T15:09:47
In 2004, JL King sat on Oprah’s couch and told the world about his life on the down low. As a married man with children, JL exposed his own double life having sex with multiple men in secret. Hi...
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S2 Ep 6: A Conversation with GAMMA Member Eric Kearlsey On Being A Closeted Gay Husband from 2019-04-15T02:38:34
Today, Eric describes his personal journey coming to terms with his homosexuality, his misery over acting out sexually outside of his marriage, his determination to come out to his wife, and how...
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S2 Ep 5: An Interview with Alexis Johnson, Both Daughter and Wife of Closeted Men from 2019-04-01T14:26:20
Today Alexis tells us the story of her father coming out to her, and how that experience both helped and complicated when she discovered her own husband was gay. She talks about the challenge of...
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S2 Ep 4: A Personal Conversation with Russ Chapman: The Anger Episode from 2019-03-15T14:11:27
Today Russ discusses the dissolution of his marriage after the discovery of a love letter from his wife’s female paramour. Russ is known affectionately among Straight Spouses for the humorous an...
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S2 Ep3: An Interview with Journalist Barclay Bram and Queer Chinese Filmmaker Fan Popo on China’s Tongqi, Straight Women Married to Closeted Gay Men from 2019-03-01T13:29:32
It is estimated that there are between 10 and 19 million, that’s right, million, women in China who are unknowingly married to closeted gay men, setting up a pending crisis for these wo...
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S2 Ep2: A Personal Conversation with Jill Smokler, the founder of Scary Mommy, on Telling the Kids that Dad is Gay from 2019-02-15T13:23:57
In today’s episode, Scary Mommy founder Jill Smokler discusses coming to terms with her husband Jeff’s sexuality, how isolated she felt when she first learned of his same sex attraction, making ...
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S2 Ep1: An Interview with Dina Matos, Former First Lady of the State of New Jersey: Straight Spouse in the Public Eye from 2019-02-01T12:31:52
In August of 2004, the Governor of the State of New Jersey came out to the world in a press conference as a “Gay American,” and resigned his office. His wife Dina was standing behind him at the ...
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S1 Ep 16: A Conversation with Mark Soltysik on How to Make a Mixed Orientation Marriage Work. from 2018-12-01T12:08:55
In today’s episode, Mark talks to us about the challenges and benefits of remaining in a mixed orientation marriage, and how to make it work if you choose to stay. He discusses the practical and...
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S1 Ep 15: An Interview with Aideen Finnola, Life Coach, Speaker, Author, Religious Abuse Survivor, and Straight Spouse. from 2018-11-16T02:52:16
In today’s episode, Aideen discusses how growing up in an extreme Christian cult primed her for marrying a closeted gay man. The intersection of that religious prohibition against homosexuality ...
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S1 Ep 14: A Checklist for Newbies with Seth Blackman, SSN Board Member and Straight Spouse from 2018-11-01T15:03:17
Today, SSN Board member Seth Blackman goes over a Checklist for Newbies. He provides steps, tips, and advice for how to get through the initial days and months after disclosure/discovery that yo...
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S1 Ep 13: A Interview with Sara Schulting-Kranz, Life Coach, Grand Canyon Adventure Guide, Sexual Assault Survivor, and Straight Spouse. from 2018-10-16T02:16:03
In today’s episode, I talk to Sara about the discovery of her husband’s 14 years of infidelity with men, her diagnosis of PTSD related to the relationship betrayal in her marriage, which echoed ...
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S1 Ep 12: A Personal Conversation with Devon Reese, Ex-Husband of Emily Reese from 2018-10-01T08:14:58
In today’s episode, Devon discusses his marriage to Emily Reese, his early knowledge of his homosexuality, his fear and shame around his feelings, as well has his religious beliefs at the time t...
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S1 Ep 11: A Personal Conversation with Emily Reese, Straight Spouse, Blogger and Ted-X Speaker from 2018-09-15T15:06:27
In today’s episode, Emily Reese discusses how, after several years of marriage, she intuited that her husband was gay, and how they worked through his subsequent revelation to create a modern ra...
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S1 Ep 10: A Personal Conversation with Kristin Orr, Cis-wife, and Creator of the One-Woman Show, “Where’s My Parade?” from 2018-09-01T12:30:04
Kristin’s husband came out as a trans-woman before celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner or Laverne Cox put gender transition in the national spotlight. She forged her own path through grief, anger, a...
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S1 Ep 9: A Personal Conversation with Dr. Amity Pierce Buxton, Founder of the Straight Spouse Network from 2018-08-15T03:42:12
In this episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews the founder of the Straight Spouse Network, Dr. Amity Pierce Buxton, about her personal straight spouse story, the founding of the peer-to-peer su...
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S1 Ep 8: A Personal Conversation with Dr. Loren A. Olson, Psychiatrist, Gay Father, and Author of Finally Out: Letting Go of Living Straight. from 2018-08-01T05:10:49
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Dr. Loren A. Olson, who came out in his 40’s after a 20 year marriage to his wife. Dr. Olson is currently married to his partner of thirty year...
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S1 Ep 7: An Interview with Kimberly Brooks Mazella, Psychotherapist and Straight Spouse from 2018-07-15T02:09:20
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Kimberly Brooks Mazella, a straight spouse whose career as a psychotherapist has lead to the founding of her non-profit, the Straight Forward P...
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S1 Ep 6: A Personal Conversation with Dru Vincent, Straight Spouse from 2018-07-01T21:13:09
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Dru Vincent, a straight spouse whose wife of 18 years abruptly asked for a divorce. After being blindsided by the revelation of his wife’s sexu...
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S1 Ep 5: A Personal Conversation with Maggie Kneip, Author of Now Everyone Will Know from 2018-06-15T00:23:32
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Maggie Kneip, a straight spouse whose husband, a high profile journalist in New York City in the early 1990’s, died of AIDS. We talk about her ...
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S1 Ep 4: A Personal Conversation with Anastasia Gochnour On Growing Up with a Closeted Father from 2018-06-01T20:13:55
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Anastasia Gochnour about her experience growing up with a closeted father who came out to her as a young teenager. She discusses how her father...
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S1 Ep 3: An Interview with Janet McMonagle, Communications Director for the SSN from 2018-05-15T18:50:19
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Janet McMonagle about her personal straight spouse story, and the challenges and opportunities the SSN encounters in communicating with the med...
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S1 Ep 2: A Personal Conversation with Straight Spouse Paul Nelson from 2018-05-13T17:01:40
In today's episode, Kristin interviews Paul Nelson about his personal experience discovering his wife was a lesbian while he was deployed in Afghanistan. They discuss disclosure, the complicatio...
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S1 Ep 1: An Interview with Stephanie Skylar, Ex. Dir. of the Straight Spouse Network from 2018-04-21T15:04:13
In today's episode, host Kristin Kalbli interviews Stephanie Skylar about the mission and the scope of the SSN, how to get help in a time of need, and how to offer help to others when you have t...
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