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Former N.J. Gov. Tells Oprah of Affair
Recently, former New Jersey govenor James E. McGreevy filmed an appearance for the Oprah show. Despite Oprah asking the audience to keep this quiet, two anonymous audience members did blab to reporters. On one hand, I want to bitch-slap this man for going to have an affair with another man while his wife was in childbirth at the hospital. That's just no okay. But the part that really got to me was this:
In the interview, the audience members said Winfrey explores McGreevey's lifelong struggle with his sexuality.
Former N.J. Gov. Tells Oprah of Affair
Recently, former New Jersey govenor James E. McGreevy filmed an appearance for the Oprah show. Despite Oprah asking the audience to keep this quiet, two anonymous audience members did blab to reporters. On one hand, I want to bitch-slap this man for going to have an affair with another man while his wife was in childbirth at the hospital. That's just no okay. But the part that really got to me was this:
In the interview, the audience members said Winfrey explores McGreevey's lifelong struggle with his sexuality.
McGreevey recounted going to the library as an adolescent to look up the word "homosexual" in a dictionary. When he found it included terms like "perverse" and "psychiatric disorder," the Irish-Catholic said he quickly learned to repress his feelings, audience members said.
The American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from a list of mental disorders in 1973.
It is heartbreaking to see the way that a man was seriously hurt because of the biases of others, and then by extension, his wife and family. But on the other hand, sometimes it seems like there is still so much for homosexuals to attain. Stories like this show us how far we've actually come.
