Keeping Children First, Part 2

This is the second in a series of 2 posts about the children of mixed orientation marriages. The first post dealt with visitation and custody issues when a divorce or separation is involved. The focus of this post will be coming out to children.
 
This is a very difficult issue, especially for the gay or lesbian [...]

A Lesbian Confesses

OK, I am finally ready to admit it. I hate rainbows. Does this make me less of a lesbian? I’m not sure why I hate them. I think it has to do with the association in my mind of rainbows to girlie theme things. For me, rainbows fall into the same category with ponies, doll-babies, [...]

What, Me Worry?

 
Did you ever stop to think how much energy the average middle-class American spends worrying? After all, the media is constantly telling us about all the things we need to worry about! Just listen to the 11:00 news on any given night: violence, international strife, food contamination, fires, identity theft, recalls, and health watches. Add [...]

Keeping Children First, Part 1

For many people, the most painful aspect of living in a mixed orientation marriage is dealing with their children. Both parties may experience guilt, anxiety and confusion when deciding what to tell their children. In the case of divorce, there is the added burden of custody and visitation issues. To make matters worse, if the [...]

Ex-Gay Marriage Video

Ex-Gay Marriage Miracle Cure

Here’s a great video examining one couple’s mixed orientation marriage experience within the context of the Mormon Church.
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Sunny Side Up

Have you ever had a situation that looked like a disaster, but in the end, turned out to be very positive? In fact, one might even say perfect?
Here’s a true story that happened to me at a supermarket several years ago. I was in a real rush to get home in order to watch [...]

Why We Stay

On my second post I discussed some of the reasons homosexuals get married. Society plays a large role, first by degrading us and then by laying out expectations of what constitutes acceptable behavior. So for those reasons we step into the marriage role…but having taken that step, then why do we stay married. After a [...]

Just Do It!

This week I participated in an exercise to be unconditionally constructive. I am a person who naturally sees all sides of an issue, both the positives and the negatives. So for me this exercise involved ignoring negative energy and thoughts and focusing solely on the positives in a way that lead to action. It was [...]

How Does This Happen?

So why do we do it? For what reasons do so many of us gay folk get married to those of the opposite sex? No one knows exactly what percentage of traditional marriages include a gay spouse, but it is quite common to find lesbians and gays who were formerly married. The consequences of these [...]

Hello world!

Hello and welcome to Discovering Pride’s blog! Discovering Pride is a coaching resource for adult gays and lesbians. I specialize in mixed orientation marriage, coming out and sexual orientation identification. The purpose of this blog is to present a forum for people to present their views, find kinship, cogitate, rant or generally just learn. From [...]