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You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. These Mormons refer to being gay as experiencing “SSA,” or “same-sex attraction.” Meanwhile, their wives seem completely fine with being married to men who experience “SSA,” with one even remarking during the episode that she’s “attracted to men too.” Ultimately, if they’re happy and it works for them, who are we to judge?
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While many users found the concept hilarious — because, let’s be honest, it is — others echoed the same concerns raised years ago. In the comments section of one clip, a user commented, “I’m angry they allowed the ‘backlash’ to cancel this show,” while others praised the special for its concept and intentional cinematography.
“Not her catching on!,” Hagins remarks. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. “same-sex attraction.”
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All of the men featured acknowledged that they are, in fact, attracted to other men, and yet they—and their spouses—maintain they are “not gay,” as the title suggests.
A natural response to that might be, “Okay, so they’re bisexual then, right?
Truthfully, times have changed.
Nearly a decade after My Husband’s Not Gay‘s debut, the media landscape has changed quite extensively and is much more inclusive to LGBTQ+ voices, making the outage around the special feel a little overblown in retrospect. In a period when queer concepts and content were still scarce, the backlash was understandable — perhaps even necessary.
While TLC has its own streaming service — called TLC GO — this platform does not host My Husband’s Not Gay.
Curtis and Tera Brown recently celebrated 30 years of marriage, with Tera gushing about the milestone on social media.
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The TLC special followed three married Mormon men who are all same-sex attracted, but chose to pursue a traditional lifestyle with wives and children (Curtis and Tera Brown pictured)
Curtis and Tera recently celebrated 30 years of marriage and are still going strong
'We are happier, more connected, more in love, and more aligned than ever before.
“That’s why she’s trying to start the episode out like, ‘Oh, SSA! SSA!’ Yeah, he about to get some SSA. Backwards!”
The couple even brings up a previous time when Jeff had some guy friends sleep over at the house and “things got a little out of control.” Whoops!
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“Surely this is satire,” one user commented in a clip shared on the platform.
In 2015, GLAAD called this special “dangerous,” with online papers like The Atlantic going as far as publishing a piece that highlighted the show’s alleged “lack of empathy.” “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,” criticized the website.
At the same time, the clips reveal that the series still has its share of fans.
North Star's official website says that the church helps 'individuals and families concerned with issues of sexual orientation or gender identity to more authentically, healthily and joyfully live the Gospel of Jesus Christ.'
At the time that it aired, LGBTQactivists protested My Husband's Not Gay, alleging that the show's stars were actively trying to advertise a discredited therapy program that claims to turn homosexual men straight.
“She’s like, ‘Oh, I know what camping is.’”
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“Being with someone with SSA comes with its own set of challenges,” Tanya says in the special.
The backlash from its original airing didn’t go unnoticed either.
Last but not least are Jeff and Tanya Bennion, who were the central couple on the TLC special. Or maybe they more broadly identify as queer!” But we can assure you that was not the case…
These were all devoted members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, which says any form of sexual activity outside of marriage is a sin, and which also does not perform or support same-sex marriages, so… you do the math!
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Last but not least are Jeff and Tanya Bennion, who were the central couple on the TLC special
The couple are still together and Jeff works for a Utah church that treats people dealing with same sex attraction
Groups like GLAAD called the show 'irresponsible' and 'dangerous' for portraying sexuality as a choice that can be changed with conversion therapy programs.
TLC staunchly denied that it condoned conversion therapy programs.
At the time, GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis described what was so dangerous about these therapy programs.
'Basically, gay reparative therapy is the notion that you can take the gay out of somebody, which we know is not true,' Ellis told Entertainment Tonight.
'Medical experts have debunked that for ages now, and also it's illegal in a lot of states.'
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