My Husband's Not Gay
My Husband's Not Gay is a television documentary aired by TLC.[1] The show follows four Mormon couples in Salt Lake City, Utah whose husbands are attracted to men. The couples explain that while the men feel attraction to other men, which they refer to as Same Sex Attraction (SSA), they do not act on it and are therefore not homosexuals.
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| Genre | Television documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hot Snakes Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | TLC |
| Original release | February 11, 2015 |
Controversy
A Change.org petition drew over 100,000 supporters to ask TLC to pull the program[2] because, "TLC is ... sending the message that being gay is something that can and ought to be changed, or that you should reject your sexual orientation by marrying someone of the opposite sex." Objectors stated that by airing a television special about this belief, TLC was implicitly endorsing it, a form of bigotry.[3]
gollark: Truly we live in interesting\™ times.
gollark: Okay then!
gollark: They have different views, but you shouldn't and probably can't try and shut them down because of that.
gollark: Okay.
gollark: No, that was tronzoid's offhand comment.
References
- "My Husband's Not Gay | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- Moylan, Brian (9 January 2015). "My Husband's Not Gay is definitely not worth the uproar". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- Green, Emma (12 January 2015). "The Profound Lack of Empathy in 'My Husband's Not Gay'". The Atlantic. The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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