WATCH: Finding the Funny in "Ex-Gay" Marriages and a Queerpocalypse

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 WATCH: Finding the Funny in 'Ex-Gay' Marriages and a Queerpocalypse
  In this short mockumentary, The McCardles explain their marriage and the mantras that keep this 'totally straight' couple together. 
   
 Diane Anderson-Minshall 
          
          Sep 21, 2014
          
Diane Anderson-Minshall
Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.
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Tim Paul and Abby Mcenany are just an ordinary ex-gay straight couple now, and this documentary goes inside their hilarious life, thanks to The Second City Network. The same duo, who bring pure hilarity to their totally straight life in Meet The McCardles, also star in Queerpocalypse, another Second City must-see.
 
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WATCH: Finding the Funny in 'Ex-Gay' Marriages and a Queerpocalypse

In this short mockumentary, The McCardles explain their marriage and the mantras that keep this 'totally straight' couple together.

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