Thousands Tell TLC to Dump Show That Claims Being Gay Is a Choice (link added)

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http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/01/07/thousands-petition-against-my-husbands-not-gay-show


The network’s upcoming show ‘My Husband’s Not Gay’ will tell the stories of four married Utah men who deny their same-sex attraction.

January 07, 2015 By Liz Dwyer

Staff Writer Liz Dwyer has written about race, parenting, and social justice for several national publications. She was previously education editor at Good.


Cable network TLC is best known for bringing us programming like Hoarding: Buried Alive and The Duggers—shows that reveal the extreme sides of Americans’ private lives. Now the network is upping the controversy ante by airing My Husband’s Not Gay, a special that will share the stories of four Mormon guys living in Salt Lake City who are attracted to men but don’t identify as gay. As the program’s title suggests, they’re married to women.

The show’s premise is that the guys are deliberately choosing to ignore their same-sex attraction because it conflicts with their spiritual values. It’s set to debut on the network Sunday, Jan. 10, and it’s drawing the ire of LGBT advocates. A Change.org petition started this week asking TLC not to air the program has garnered more than 92,000 signatures.

“As a gay Christian man who’s seen firsthand how this message can harm people, I am calling on TLC to cancel My Husband’s Not Gay and to stop telling America that LGBT people should lie to themselves and to their faith communities about who they are and who they love,” wrote the petition’s author, Josh Sanders.

My Husband’s Not Gay airs as the nation is grappling with the death of transgender Ohio teenager Leelah Alcorn. According to Alcorn, who committed suicide on Dec. 28, her religious parents belittled her, forced her to attend conversion therapy, and told her that her identification as female was just a phase.

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[Fred Sanders]

1. Let them air it on condition they change their name to The Unlearning Channel.

[Fearless]

2. I assume it will be rerun on the history channel as well

Makes about as much sense.

[RoverSuswade]

3. Fox is probably jealous that

they didn't come up with it first.

[NCLefty]

4. I'm sure TLC is super sad about all of this publicity..

zzz

[dbackjon]

5. TLC - Trash Living Channel

[nightscanner59]

6. Does anyone remember when such channels carried interesting and informative programming?

Discovery and the like used to present nature shows, scientific stuff, etc. I thought the notion of a couple programs showcasing snaggletooth rednecks and "air our dirty laundry" shows here and there would be a fleeting fad...

[AZ Progressive]

7. TLC: the channel of Honey Boo Boo!

All you need to know about that channel, what a waste of space.