A Special About Guys Who Are Attracted To Men But 'Aren't Gay' Is Coming To TLC
Here’s a little something to entertain you this January.

“My Husband’s Not Gay,” a TV special about a group of Mormon men living in Salt Lake City who are attracted to other men but have chosen to marry women is headed to TLC.

The special will follow couples Jeff and Tanya, Pret and Megan, Curtis and Tera, and a 35-year-old bachelor named Tom, according to The Wrap.

Quotes from the trailer include “With our faith in God we believe we believe we can overcome anything,” “I like to say I’ve chosen an alternative to an alternative lifestyle” and “I’m interested in men I’m just not interested in men.”

It doesn’t exactly come as a surprise that TLC has chosen to air this special. This is the network that airs “My Strange Addiction,” “Breaking Amish” and “19 Kids And Counting,” after all.

“My Husband’s Not Gay” will air at 10 p.m. Jan. 11 on TLC.

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Orlando Bloom On His 'Jingle-Jangle', Filming In the Nude, and His 'Tantric Sex' Hobbit Spinoff Plans – VIDEO

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Favorite Moments of 2014: NOM Funding Nosedives

In a not-so-surprising turn of events, the 2013 tax filings for National Organization for Marriage (NOM) show that the anti-LGBT group is in serious debt.
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Cher Is Hawking Holiday Gear On Her Website… And It’s Kind Of Amazing

Let’s face it, our lady Cher will do anything for a buck. Over the years she’s hawked perfume, Lori Davis Hair products, Aquasentials skin care products, Equal Zero-Calorie Sweetener, exercise videos and, oh yeah, movies and albums, too. Her latest business endeavor: holiday-themed merchandise, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, ornaments, and coffee mugs, all featuring the dance diva and available for sale on her website.

But before we get into all that, let’s take a quick walk down memory lane and look at some of Cher’s past efforts as a saleswoman…

In the ’80s, she did a series of commercials for a health club in Chicago:

This prompted her to launch a series of exercise videos called CherFitness: Body Confidence:

As well as write a book called Cher: Forever Fit that featured 342-pages of low-fat recipes and exercise regimes for people hoping to lose weight:

In 1994, she put $2 million of her own money into releasing a mail-order catalog called Sanctuary which featured affordable gothic-style home furnishings, including shaggy throw pillows, beaded wall sconces, incense holders, and a statues of reclining Egyptian goddesses:

Then there was that Medic Alert bracelet campaign she did:

Now, she’s released an official “Cher Holiday Collection.” Let’s take a look at the latest line of winter-themed products currently available at her online store:

Keep warm in this adorable sweatshirt featuring Cher plopped on top of a candy cane cane for just $55.

$15 will buy you this Christmas ornament depicting the face of Cher. Look closely and you’ll see the weird chain thing covering her face is actually rainbow colored, which means this is could double as a Gay pride ornament, if you want.

This “Merry Christmas Baseball Tee” features Cher in a long red gown and green cardigan with a Santa hat on her head and would make an excellent last minute gift for a co-worker, presumably one who you don’t like. $35.

Need a stocking stuffer? Cher’s got you covered. This attractive Mrs. Claus-themed white coffee mug is just $20.

Mom would look fabulous in this long-sleeve T featuring a picture of Cher posing in front of an enormous red snowflake, don’t you think? $35.

Okay, so this one is actually kinda cool. It’s an ugly holiday sweatshirt with Cher’s name on it that is, like the diva herself, timeless. Seriously, we may have to order one of these. Assuming they don’t sell out before we get a chance to. $55.

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Graham Gremore is a columnist and contributor for Queerty and Life of the Law. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.

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Jewish Acappella Boys Celebrates Hanukkah With Cute 'Shake It Off' Parody: VIDEO

Anthony Costello

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Will The Obama Administration Challenge Cuba To Treat LGBTs Equally?

So after half a century of Cold War posturing by both countries, the U.S. and Cuba have decided to get over themselves and normalize relations between the two countries. For most Americans, this amounts to an anti-climax; even young Cuban-Americans think the embargo against Cuba should be lifted. After all, if we can have diplomatic relations with Vladimir Putin’s Russia, why not Cuba?

But the Putin example raises an interesting question for the Obama Administration. Cuba is nowhere near as harsh as Russia in its treatment of LGBT citizens. But Cuba has a horrible record on human rights, and that includes its treatment of gay people. After all, this is the country that quarantined HIV-positive people during the height of the AIDS epidemic and cracked down so hard on the gay population in the 1960s and 1970s that Fidel Castro admitted (in 2010) that it was “a great injustice.”  You can complain about America’s history of LGBT oppression, but Cuba’s has been far worse.

Things are better than they were, but Cuba is hardly a lavender paradise. There is no independent LGBT rights movement. Instead, the only legal entity representing the community’s interests is led by Mariela Castro, a straight woman who is Fidel’s niece and the daughter of the current president, Raul Castro. And Mariela hardly has a track record of embracing a diversity of opinion. In essence, the state is the LGBT movement.

There are no pride parades in Cuba. The only official event is the International Day Against Homophobia. Harassment of gay men by authorities is still common, particularly if they are considered dissidents. Beatings by police — even fatal beatings — are not unheard of. The strong vein of homophobia that pre-dates the Revolution and that owes a lot to Catholic condemnation may not be as prominent as it once was but it is still very much present.

Now that the U.S. is talking to Cuba, will the Obama Administration be willing to raise these issues as part of the conversation? The Administration had a few moment of forcefulness at the height of the Olympic Games homophobia. But when the spotlight faded, so did the rhetoric.

The U.S. and Cuba have a lot of things to discuss, and in all fairness, LGBT issues aren’t going to be at the top of the list. But the question will be, where are they on the list? Or are they on the list at all? It’s worth keeping on eye on the developing relationship to see just how much the Administration thinks our community in Cuba really matters.

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