A controversial docuseries from 2015 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.
Curtis and Tera Brown recently celebrated 30 years of marriage, with Tera gushing about the milestone on social media.
A controversial TLC docuseries from 2015 called My Husband’s Not Gay has gone viral on TikTok as a new generation of reality TV fans discover it
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 (Curtis and Tera Brown pictured)
Curtis and Tera recently celebrated 30 years of marriage and are still going strong
‘We are happier, more connected, more in love, and more aligned than ever before. We also have four beautiful children who are fabulous humans,’ she wrote.
Tera currently works as a life coach, primarily teaching courses in building confidence and ’emotional literacy.’
Meanwhile, Preston and Megan Dahlgren are also still going strong and working in the therapy space too.
While Kindergarten teacher Megan is a busy mom to the couple’s many children, Preston works part time as a marriage and family therapist.
Some of his specialties in the field include couples counselling and helping other people with same-sex attraction.
On top of his therapy gig, Preston’s full time job is in nursing at the University of Utah.
The Mormon power couple have also made some major inroads in the real estate market by purchasing their fourth property together in 2019.
Last but not least are Jeff and Tanya Bennion, who were the central couple on the TLC special.
Preston and Megan Dahlgren are also still going strong and working in the therapy space too
While Kindergarten teacher Megan is a busy mom to the couple’s many children, Preston works part time as a marriage and family therapist and full time as a nurse
Jeff is now on the board of directors of a Mormon church called North Star, in addition to working as a part time therapist.
Just like Preston, Jeff also specializes in same-sex attraction both through North Star and his therapy work.
North Star’s official website says that the church helps ‘individuals and families concerned with issues of sexual orientation or gender identity to more authentically, healthily and joyfully live the Gospel of Jesus Christ.’
At the time that it aired, LGBTQ activists protested My Husband’s Not Gay, alleging that the show’s stars were actively trying to advertise a discredited therapy program that claims to turn homosexual men straight.
Last but not least are Jeff and Tanya Bennion, who were the central couple on the TLC special
The couple are still together and Jeff works for a Utah church that treats people dealing with same sex attraction
Groups like GLAAD called the show ‘irresponsible’ and ‘dangerous’ for portraying sexuality as a choice that can be changed with conversion therapy programs.
TLC staunchly denied that it condoned conversion therapy programs.
At the time, GLAAD president and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis described what was so dangerous about these therapy programs.
‘Basically, gay reparative therapy is the notion that you can take the gay out of somebody, which we know is not true,’ Ellis told Entertainment Tonight.
‘Medical experts have debunked that for ages now, and also it’s illegal in a lot of states.’
