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Author Buxton, Amity.

Title The other side of the closet : the coming-out crisis for straight spouses and families / by Amity Pierce Buxton
Edition Revised and expanded
Published New York : J. Wiley, [1994]
New York : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [1994]
©1994
©1994

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Description xx, 332 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction Coming Out in Marriage: The Untold Story -- Pt. 1. Sexual Mismatch: Damaged Sexuality of the Straight Spouse -- Pt. 2. Trial and Error: Challenge to Traditional Marriage Styles -- Pt. 3. Growing Pains: Conflicting Roles as Parent and Spouse -- Pt. 4. What About Me?: Identity Crisis of the Straight Spouse -- Pt. 5. Power of the Lie: The Shattering of Integrity -- Pt. 6. Family Voices: Aftershocks in the Children's World -- Pt. 7. Breaking the Mold: Transformation of Shattered Belief System -- Afterword: Beyond the Closet
Summary What occurs when homosexual and bisexual people come out to their partner and children. How roles, intimacy, beliefs, identity, affect all the individuals
Analysis Bisexuality in marriage
Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Homosexuality - United States
Married People - United States - Psychology
Notes "International resources": p. [325]-326
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-323)
Subject Bisexuality in marriage -- United States.
Bisexuality in marriage.
Coming out (Sexual orientation) -- United States.
Families -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Homosexuality -- United States.
Married people -- United States -- Psychology.
LC no. 94009325
ISBN 0471021520 (alk. paper)