My husband is gay tv show

My Husband's Not Gay is an American reality television special broadcast by TLC. Filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah, the one-hour special premiered on January 11, The special followed four married Mormon men who are attracted to men but do not identify as gay. My Husband’s Not Gay special episode is available for purchase on Amazon Prime Video. 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. A controversial TLC docuseries from called My Husband's Not Gay has. Yes, nearly a decade ago, the network formally known as The Learning Channel aired an hour-long special all about a group of Mormon men living in SLC, Utah who were either married to women or.

What is My Husband’s Not Gay about? The one-off hour-long show follows four Mormon men in Salt Lake City, Utah, who openly discuss their issues with what is referred to in the show as 'SSA' (that’s short for same-sex attraction). That's not OK. I've watched a screener of My Husband's Not Gay a couple of times since Sunday night, pausing the broadcast to gasp, giggle, and send Gchat messages of the craziest quotes to my boyfriend and colleagues.

It's a show that, given its shock-factor moments, takes some time to digest. There's a lot that could be said about the marriages featured, which, to many, seem like unconventional and yes, even delusional unions; it'd be easy to mock the show with a quick and nasty click-bait headline "17 'Not Gay' Mormon Moments That Are Totally Gay," for example. And yet there's also really nothing much to be said at all, because what the conversation should boil down to is simple and concise: Live and let live!

This opinion is a tough sell, I know, so bear with me. For the sake of full disclosure, I should note that I made out with girls while "discovering" my sexuality as a teen — OK, I maybe even once brushed my hand over a girl's breast! I'm the gay guy who paints a can-can dancer when asked for an artistic rendering of a vagina , because I love flouncy skirts and, if I'm being honest, I skipped biology class a lot at school.

Sorry, mom. I would like — no, I would expect — to be treated with fairness and respect regardless of my sexuality or sexual preference. Though I am personally not a fan of the word "preference" — because I don't prefer guys in the way I prefer two spoons of sugar in my tea; it's how I'm wired. Quite frankly, I couldn't care less whether you understand the ins and outs of rampant homosexuality, though I'm happy to chat with you on the nitty-gritty of it all if you're so inclined.

In this same vein, it was fascinating to hear about the sex lives of couples featured on My Husband's Not Gay , because their relationships seemed far less conventional than mine — one judged by many again, not that I care as "unconventional" itself. On my viewings, everyone seemed happy in their lives and their choices, so while it may be overtly idealistic on my part to be so simplistic, surely their happiness is what matters, right?

I'm more than happy to let a bunch of kooky Mormons live their lives the way they choose and love who they feel they want or need to love, as long as they're fine with granting me the same "privileges" in return. And to be clear, My Husband's Not Gay featured no anti-gay sentiments, if you're willing to overlook the fact that the guys featured all hate the idea of being gay or even being labeled gay so much that they've repressed it deeper than the Mariana Trench.

The rub is when you feel your happiness is canonical, and one by which you can and should influence others, whether that's for proselytic reasons or just because you're so darn proud you got a hard-on for a lady that one time.

The three couples featured — Jeff and Tanya, Pret who is a bona fide Latter Day Saint hottie and Megan, Curtis and Tera — are all part of an outwardly friendly group of Mormons; they get together to socialize and study scripture. Tom, a sassy SSA-feeling singleton, is also featured — and, in the show's conclusion, gets set up on perhaps the most awkward blind date reality TV has showcased in a while.

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In one segment, the guys go play some healthy hetero basketball, explaining that exercise and sporting pastimes help make them feel "connected" to their masculinity. The guys get together a lot, simultaneously acting as each other's support network, wingmen, and "male gaze" police: It's not long before Pret and Jeff are comparing notes on the shirtless guys they find attractive on the court, scoring them on a "danger scale" of 1 to 4, where 3 is taking repeated, stealthy glances, and 4 isn't made entirely clear but probably involves stripping naked and lying on the basketball court screaming, "Do me hard, do me now.

The wives all roll up while out for a power walk to check their guys are hydrated and, on a similar note, not drooling too much over their courtmates. Womp, womp. There's another a scene where Jeff, Tanya, Pret, and Megan all go out for dinner together, and there's a hot male server running their table.

Suddenly, even discussion of the restaurant's hummus plate is laced with gay chickpea innuendo. In another scene, the guys all go out shopping and coincidentally run into a guy they'd previously known through SSA networks, but who's since strayed into full-on gay territory. Funnily enough though, these scenes fall flat in comparison to the simple, confessional-style narration and more conventional "story-telling" scenes that are laced throughout the show.

Because you see that it's not really the difficulties surrounding a mixed-orientation marriage that make My Husband's Not Gay so interesting. After all, the difficulties — sexual incompatibility, trust issues, closet space — are obvious. What's fascinating is how the couples navigate these "minefield moments," as reality TV is determined to showcase them, and how they appear to navigate them successfully.

You wouldn't think it's possible — and maybe it shouldn't be — but, apparently, it is. By public consensus, these guys are gay take the great critique of the show over at Think Progress , for example.