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Gay Men in Open Relationships: What Works?
Hint: It will take a lot of work.
As a couples counselor working with gay men I am often asked my opinion on monogamy and open LGBTQ relationships. What works for men in long-term relationships? First, the research.
Several research studies show that about 50% of gay male couples are monogamous and about 50% allow for sex outside of the connection. The research finds no difference in the level of happiness or stability among these groups.
Next, my opinions and advice, based on my therapy practice.
Talk About It Openly With Your Partner
If you and your partner want to have a close partnership and have additional sex partners, be prepared for a lot of talking. And I&#;m not just referring to discussions about when, where and with whom. I mean talking about feelings, what we therapists call &#;processing.&#;
If that kind of conversation makes you squirm, I know. Most men are not socialized to embrace the sharing of intimate and vulnerable emotions. However, if you aren&#;t willing to experiment with processing then I suspect
“Most Gay Couples Aren’t Monogamous”? That’s Not Dirty, a Classified, or True.
On the very day the high court struck down the Defense of Marriage Perform, Slate’s Hanna Rosin penned this buzz kill: “The Filthy Little Secret: Most Gay Couples Aren’t Monogamous.”
There’s a lot to admire about this instinct to rain on the gay parade: I myself am constitutionally predisposed to glance for what we haven’t achieved on days when others are popping champagne to celebrate what we have. (I grappled with this personality flaw in a recent piece on what marriage means to me, where I involved myself to celebrating a potential DOMA victory “fully and without reservation”—and I proposed to my boyfriend in the same piece, so maybe I’m a little sore at Rosin for crashing the party.)
Then there’s the fact that her heart was in the right place. She wasn’t pointing out homosexual promiscuity to reason against our right to marry but to weigh a question many homosexual advocates who value the unique quality of queer customs have raised: How might gay marriage not simply succumb to the trappings of existing marriage but i
Gay Men + Monogamy: More Familiar Than You May Think
Are you gay and monogamous? We chat a lot about open relationships on the blog, but they are not right for everyone. You might feel like there are no gay folks who are monogamous, but that’s not the case. Monogamy is still an extremely common gay association structure. In this video, Adam Blum, founder and director of the Gay Therapy Center, shares 5 ways to improve your gay monogamous relationship.
Running time: 5 minutes.
Gay Men + Monogamy: It’s More Common Than You May Think
Myths About Gay Men + Monogamy
There is a widespread myth that gay men don&#;t desire or can&#;t have monogamous drawn-out term relationships. The truth about half of us do need them. And in our hold research, about 70% of couples are in long term, monogamous relationships. I think on the coasts and in big cities, there&#;s this belief that somehow there&#;s something wrong with you if you want a monogamous relationship. But the truth is, they&#;re very common.
Tips for Monogamous LGBTQ Folks
Let me give you some tips, if you yearn a monogamous
I had the opportunity to talk with psychotherapist and author Michael Dale Kimmel about his new guide, The Gay Man's Manual to Open and Monogamous Marriage. Having written a book of my have on modern marriage, I am particularly interested in how Kimmel not only provides a necessarily specific guide for male/male marriages, but also how this wisdom can be utilized by all couples, regardless of gender. Our conversation is below.
MOC: Declare me about The Lgbtq+ Man's Guide to Clear and Monogamous Marriage.
MDK: I began offering workshops for gay, bisexual, and gender diverse men about eighteen years’ ago, and after a couple of years there were always a rare guys who came up to me and said (in whispered tones), “You’ve got to put this stuff in a book.” I had no need to write a manual at that time. But I did start writing my advice column, “Life Beyond Therapy” soon after, for local LGBT newspapers. I asked readers to send in questions. (Boy, did they ever!)
Then about five years ago, a writer friend of mine recommended me to a publisher, who asked me to submit an idea for a manual. I d