Today, the author of The Gaslight Effect, Dr. Robin Stern, discusses gaslighting, what it is, how it works, why it’s used as an emotional manipulation tactic, and what its effects are on the target. She illuminates what happens when your sense of reality and sanity are undermined. When an LGBT partner is grappling with their sexuality or gender identity, they may gaslight their straight or non-trans spouses (consciously or unconsciously), if they have not yet come to terms with that sexuality or gender identity. This can have deleterious effects on the straight or non-trans spouse’s emotional and mental health.
S2 Ep 18: An interview with Kelly Wilkins on Her Life as a Beard and her Unapologetic Truth Telling
S2 Ep 17: An Interview with Michelle Sandoval On the Impacts of Closets on Family Members
S2 Ep 16: A Personal Conversation with Dan Cartlidge About His Two Marriages, Both to Gay Women
S2 Ep 15: A Personal Conversation with William Dameron, Author of The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing, and Coming Out
S2 Ep 14: An interview Josh and Lolly Weed on the Aftermath of coming out as Mixed Orientation Couple, and Divorcing in the LDS Church
S2 Ep 13: An interview with former LDS Church Member Sarah Irish Nicholson on the Impact of the Church on Her Mixed Orientation Marriage
S2 Ep 12: SSN Group Leader Candice Fleszar Smith on What Happens When You Call SSN
S2 Ep 11: Helen Fitzgibbons and her “Cis-Spouse Bill of Rights”
S2 Ep 10: What’s the Difference? Men Who Have Sex with Men vs. Gay with Dr. David Malebranche
S2 Ep 9: Getting Your Freak On SAFELY: An STI Primer for Grown-Ups with Dr. David Malebranche
S2 Ep 7: An Interview with Susan Relic, Administrator of Straight Partners Anonymous UK, On the Impacts of Her Husband’s Denial of his Sexuality On Her
S2 Ep 8: A Conversation With JL King on His Mission to Raise Awareness about Men Who Have Sex With Men and Life on the Down Low
S2 Ep 6: A Conversation with GAMMA Member Eric Kearlsey On Being A Closeted Gay Husband
S2 Ep 5: An Interview with Alexis Johnson, Both Daughter and Wife of Closeted Men
S2 Ep 4: A Personal Conversation with Russ Chapman: The Anger Episode
S2 Ep3: An Interview with Journalist Barclay Bram and Queer Chinese Filmmaker Fan Popo on China’s Tongqi, Straight Women Married to Closeted Gay Men
S2 Ep2: A Personal Conversation with Jill Smokler, the founder of Scary Mommy, on Telling the Kids that Dad is Gay
S2 Ep1: An Interview with Dina Matos, Former First Lady of the State of New Jersey: Straight Spouse in the Public Eye
S1 Ep 16: A Conversation with Mark Soltysik on How to Make a Mixed Orientation Marriage Work.
S1 Ep 15: An Interview with Aideen Finnola, Life Coach, Speaker, Author, Religious Abuse Survivor, and Straight Spouse.
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