My husbands not gay update

A controversial docuseries from about homosexual Mormon men in heterosexual marriages is now going viral on TikTok. Titled My Husband's Not Gay, 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. Although it aired almost a decade ago, a new generation of reality TV fans like TikTok influencer Julian Hagins have unearthed the special and tracked down the current whereabouts of the cast. While mixed-orientation marriages have a 70 per cent divorce rate, the couples from My Husband's Not Gay are miraculously all still together.

Reality television has always been a medium of authenticity, with TV shows and specials spotlighting different identities your average viewer may not see every day. These can be informative, essential pieces of media, ones that raise awareness about important issues while discussing them with the complexity they deserve — and then there's My Husband's Not Gay. This one-episode special of TLC Presents created by Eric Evangelista has been re-discovered by YouTube commentators who are all baffled at the messages being presented. My Husband's Not Gay follows four men in Salt Lake City, Utah, who were open to the cameras about their issues with "same-sex attraction" an attraction to other men.

With Sunday night's debut of My Husband's Not Gay , the channel that once aired programming intended to educate pre-schoolers , teach about outer space , and was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and NASA solidified itself as a mouthpiece for the religious right to propagate false -- and dangerous -- ideas about LGBTQ people. My Husband's Not Gay is an hour-long special about four Mormon men in Salt Lake City who are attracted to other men, but refuse to identify as gay or bisexual. Three of the men are in "mixed orientation" marriages -- partnerships where one member, in this case the wife, is straight. The special is far from TLC's first foray into fringe radical religious communities; the reach of shows like 19 Kids and Counting and Sister Wives has already given a platform to movements that are intrinsically homophobic and misogynistic.

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.