OurPathOrg

OurPath (formerly Straight Spouse Network) provides support and resources for people in heterosexual relationships who discover their partners are LGBT+.

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In this final ep of the OurVoices Podcast, host @K_Kalbli shares wisdom she's accumulated over the last 8 years of producing this podcast, and over a decade of learning and healing from her own experience in a mixed-orientation marriage.
Podcast: https://t.co/6cU6cYrbhr

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In today's episode, host Kristin @K_Kalbli finally tells her story (after 7 seasons!) with the help of her friend Angela Tonn, who had a front row seat to the demise of Kristin's marriage.

Podcast: https://t.co/tdsSXOrOIS

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If infidelity and/or deception, denial, secrecy, boundary violations, emotional and psychological manipulation were part of your mixed orientation marriage to an LGBT person, this episode is for you.

Podcast: https://t.co/fYNZ7WFY9D

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@AtxDonut @JebraFaushay At OurPath, we continue to see the harmful effects on families from non consensual Mixed Orientation Marriages (where one partner has not disclosed a sexual orientation or gender identity). We are here to provide support to straight spouses post disclosure or discovery.

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Our OurVoices Podcast interview with @Vaishax is now on YouTube: https://t.co/fr4MK3PmOp

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From the Vault: @K_Kalbli interviews Marta Kauffman, creator of the hit Netflix series, Grace & Frankie on creating female characters whose husbands are gay.

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Marta Kauffman, creator of the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, shares the inspiration behind her characters, how the idea to give them gay husbands came about, and stories from her personal life that made it into the script.

https://t.co/RiFHPv9ZIT

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On today's episode, host @K_Kalbli interviews Filmmaker Vaishnavi Sundar @Vaishax of @limesodafilms about her recently released documentary: Behind the Looking Glass, which centers the experiences of women who call themselves Transwidows.

https://t.co/Uk7qKiR5Qi

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@Docstockk @Vaishax @limesodafilms OurPath is pleased to have the OurVoices Podcast interview with @BlanchardPhD featured in the documentary.

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In today's episode with @rayalexwilliams, we ask the question: what do the wives of husbands who identify as trans need to know in order to make decisions for their own lives, and try to find honest answers.

https://t.co/yAR8x6ygSN

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How is it different when a spouse comes out as LGBT from when a child comes out LGBT? Christine shares her story of reconciling differing, even conflicting feelings when her husband came out as gay, and her child came out as trans.

https://t.co/i2iOHA4umi

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We are proud of Kristin and the OurVoices Podcast. We are telling the important and compelling stories of mixed orientation marriage and straight spouses that are too often overlooked as part of the coming out process.

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The podcast that I created, produce and host, has officially reached 200k downloads. I'm extremely proud of this body of work elevating the voices of heterosexual people in mixed orientation marriages to LGBT+ people. #ourvoices #straightspouses

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It is not uncommon for closeted gay men married to women to tell their wives the reason they don’t want intimacy is because they are too fat. Here’s one of those stories:

https://t.co/PDtrL8P49t

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Guest and author @Annwriter shares her story of loss and healing after her husband’s decades long struggle with his gender identity and suicide. Her story is nuanced, complicated, and defies expectations from every angle.

https://t.co/tK9RLC5Zpw

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Today we talk with @michellemays_ about the impact of sexual betrayal on betrayed partners, the four types of gaslighting and their effects, how shame operates in both partners in the relationships, and how to heal from shame this is not ours. https://t.co/Drg2QlqycC

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In this illuminative conversation with Professor Everette Worthington, we learn the science and research behind forgiveness - what it is, how to do it, and why it matters for our health and wellbeing.

https://t.co/dvpH3jjwVy

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@michaelslepian is an expert on the psychology of secrets. We talk about how secrets impact both the secret keeper and those that secrets are kept from, and if it’s ethical to keep a secret from a spouse who has a stake in knowing the truth.

https://t.co/IjeY4BkCEz

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@HRC Talking to straight partners to discover what helps and what hurts in the disclosure/ discovery process would go a long way to ensure that families can heal more quickly and thoroughly.

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Dr. Gary Bischof is a licensed marriage therapist specializing in the treatment of couples navigating the gender transition of one of the partners. In this episode, we discuss what good couples therapy looks like for couples in this situation.
https://t.co/GdpkapSHVa