Amity Pierce Buxton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6363766 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amity Pierce Buxton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amity Pierce |
| FAMILY NAME | Buxton |
| SIGNATURE | BUXTON A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Gay-Straight Alliance Network |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Straight Husbands Whose Wives Come Out As Lesbian or Bisexual
At least two million gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons have ever married. Many disclose, causing trauma for their straight spouses. Since 1969, studies have examined closely the experience of every category of spouses involved, except straight husbands. This study aims to fill that gap by examining self-reports of 183 heterosexual men, married or previously married to lesbian or bisexual women, to identify their major feelings, issues, coping str…
Reflections on Bisexuality Through the Prism of Mixed-Orientation Marriages
The nondualistic nature of bisexuality reveals its unique reality and expression in the experience of bisexual and heterosexual spouses in ‘mixed-orientation’ marriages. However, the invisibility of bisexual persons, mixed-orientation couples and straight spouses in those marriages makes it difficult to identify and understand bisexuality. For the author, learning about bisexuality through research and interaction with bisexual individuals was en…
Unforeseen and Transformative
Themes of the transformation marking the third quarter of my life were (a) an integration of non-Western philosophies and cultural traditions into my personal and professional perspective, (b) a deepening patience with the change process, (c) a recognition of the competing roles of personal accountability and context, (d) increasing internal energy and conceptualization power, and (e) realization of attitudinal shifts, physical and cognitive dimi…
Healing an Invisible Minority
Up to two million gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons have been in a mixed-orientation marriage as have an unknown number of transgender people. Not all partners come out while married. When they do, their heterosexual spouses and children are affected. Straight spouses face complex issues related to sexuality, marriage, parenting, identity, integrity, and belief systems. Children cope according to their age and developmental stage. Since most of …
Counseling Heterosexual Spouses of Bisexual Men and Women and Bisexual-Heterosexual Couples
In approximately two million current or former marriages in the United States, one of the spouses is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When lesbian, gay, or bisexual spouses disclose their sexual orientation, their heterosexual spouses face unique issues. Their coping proceeds through common stages from initial trauma to eventual transformation. Mixed-orientation couples, too, progress through typical stages as they deal with complex relationship challe…
A Family Matter
The 2004 debate over civil marriage for same-gender couples highlights issues faced by mixed-orientation couples after one of the spouses comes out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The disclosure becomes a family matter as their spouses and children cope with the new information and antigay attitudes. The majority of couples divorce. A minority stays married for three years or more by developing strategies that enhance the relationship, offset outsi…
Works in Progress
In up to 2 million marriages in the United States, current or former, one spouse is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When the spouse comes out, the marriage is threatened because of scant information about mixed-orientation marriages (especially those with disclosing wives), misconceptions about sexual orientation, and the myth that post-disclosure marriages are doomed, particularly when wives disclose. Bisexual-heterosexual couples face the dichotomou…
Writing Our Own Script
By conservative estimates, at least two million men and women who are or were married come out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Once they disclose to their heterosexual spouses, divorce results in the majority of cases. Little is known about the number of marriages that endure or how many of the disclosing spouses are bisexual, given the invisibility of such marriages, the mislabeling of bisexuals as gay or lesbian, and the reluctance of spouses to …
Writing Our Own Script
By conservative estimates, at least two million men and women who are or were married come out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Once they disclose to their heterosexual spouses, divorce results in the majority of cases. Little is known about the number of marriages that endure or how many of the disclosing spouses are bisexual, given the invisibility of such marriages, the mislabeling of bisexuals as gay or lesbian, and the reluctance of spouses to …
Works in Progress
In up to 2 million marriages in the United States, current or former, one spouse is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When the spouse comes out, the marriage is threatened because of scant information about mixed-orientation marriages (especially those with disclosing wives), misconceptions about sexual orientation, and the myth that post-disclosure marriages are doomed, particularly when wives disclose. Bisexual-heterosexual couples face the dichotomou…
Counseling Heterosexual Spouses of Bisexual Men and Women and Bisexual-Heterosexual Couples
In approximately two million current or former marriages in the United States, one of the spouses is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When lesbian, gay, or bisexual spouses disclose their sexual orientation, their heterosexual spouses face unique issues. Their coping proceeds through common stages from initial trauma to eventual transformation. Mixed-orientation couples, too, progress through typical stages as they deal with complex relationship challe…
Reflections on Bisexuality Through the Prism of Mixed-Orientation Marriages
The nondualistic nature of bisexuality reveals its unique reality and expression in the experience of bisexual and heterosexual spouses in ‘mixed-orientation’ marriages. However, the invisibility of bisexual persons, mixed-orientation couples and straight spouses in those marriages makes it difficult to identify and understand bisexuality. For the author, learning about bisexuality through research and interaction with bisexual individuals was en…
Writing Our Own Script
By conservative estimates, at least two million men and women who are or were married come out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Once they disclose to their heterosexual spouses, divorce results in the majority of cases. Little is known about the number of marriages that endure or how many of the disclosing spouses are bisexual, given the invisibility of such marriages, the mislabeling of bisexuals as gay or lesbian, and the reluctance of spouses to …
Works in Progress
In up to 2 million marriages in the United States, current or former, one spouse is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When the spouse comes out, the marriage is threatened because of scant information about mixed-orientation marriages (especially those with disclosing wives), misconceptions about sexual orientation, and the myth that post-disclosure marriages are doomed, particularly when wives disclose. Bisexual-heterosexual couples face the dichotomou…
A Family Matter
The 2004 debate over civil marriage for same-gender couples highlights issues faced by mixed-orientation couples after one of the spouses comes out as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. The disclosure becomes a family matter as their spouses and children cope with the new information and antigay attitudes. The majority of couples divorce. A minority stays married for three years or more by developing strategies that enhance the relationship, offset outsi…
Healing an Invisible Minority
Up to two million gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons have been in a mixed-orientation marriage as have an unknown number of transgender people. Not all partners come out while married. When they do, their heterosexual spouses and children are affected. Straight spouses face complex issues related to sexuality, marriage, parenting, identity, integrity, and belief systems. Children cope according to their age and developmental stage. Since most of …
Counseling Heterosexual Spouses of Bisexual Men and Women and Bisexual-Heterosexual Couples
In approximately two million current or former marriages in the United States, one of the spouses is bisexual, gay, or lesbian. When lesbian, gay, or bisexual spouses disclose their sexual orientation, their heterosexual spouses face unique issues. Their coping proceeds through common stages from initial trauma to eventual transformation. Mixed-orientation couples, too, progress through typical stages as they deal with complex relationship challe…
Unforeseen and Transformative
Themes of the transformation marking the third quarter of my life were (a) an integration of non-Western philosophies and cultural traditions into my personal and professional perspective, (b) a deepening patience with the change process, (c) a recognition of the competing roles of personal accountability and context, (d) increasing internal energy and conceptualization power, and (e) realization of attitudinal shifts, physical and cognitive dimi…
Reflections on Bisexuality Through the Prism of Mixed-Orientation Marriages
The nondualistic nature of bisexuality reveals its unique reality and expression in the experience of bisexual and heterosexual spouses in ‘mixed-orientation’ marriages. However, the invisibility of bisexual persons, mixed-orientation couples and straight spouses in those marriages makes it difficult to identify and understand bisexuality. For the author, learning about bisexuality through research and interaction with bisexual individuals was en…
Straight Husbands Whose Wives Come Out As Lesbian or Bisexual
At least two million gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons have ever married. Many disclose, causing trauma for their straight spouses. Since 1969, studies have examined closely the experience of every category of spouses involved, except straight husbands. This study aims to fill that gap by examining self-reports of 183 heterosexual men, married or previously married to lesbian or bisexual women, to identify their major feelings, issues, coping str…
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Lesbian (7 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Sexual orientation (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)