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- From: jeh@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Jim Hubbs)
- Subject: Re: Straight spouses on ABC's 20/20
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- Organization: Johns Hopkins Continuing Professional Programs
- References: <1993Jan18.195709.16153@oracle.us.oracle.com> <thaaang.727391545@cwis> <1993Jan19.055650.20772@spdcc.com> <thaaang.727539007@cwis>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:24:43 GMT
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- thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance) writes:
-
- >Another problem I had (and thanks to whoever it was that helped
- >me realize this (Hubbs? Gilly?)) with the report was that it
- >gave no explanation for why the queer spouse would 'do this to
- >someone'. It gave no reason (that I saw/remember) for him/her to
- >enter into the marriage, and made it seem as if they were perfectly
- >'normal', then one day they turned on their spouses. Made their
- >coming out seem totally irrational and without reason. IMHO.
- Well of course I was turned gay by another gay man. That's how
- it works isn't it? It's a disease or a choice or something.
-
- (Yes it's a joke)
-
- I will give the story a little bit of credit here. They did
- at one point indicate that for the women the hell started when
- the husband came out, but for the husband it was a private
- hell up until that point. They didn't spend much time on it
- but they did indicate that the husbands took a while to get to
- the coming out point.
-
- Jim Hubbs
-