#same-sex

The US Supreme Court rejects a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steer clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, turns away an appeal by Kim Davis, the former Rowan County clerk who was…

However… I don’t see the “problem” in doing that.

Meaning: I don’t see why it’s a “problem” that it can be interpreted as romantic just because it’s intimate and deep. I don’t believe it being interpreted as a romantic relationship changes what that relationship already is.

I think it’s sad that people look at romance in that way to be honest. I especially think it’s even sadder when it’s real life. Like how longtime friends seem to have that perspective when they feel like they’re falling in love with each other. That if they lean into those feelings, it can or will reduce their friendship so there’s this need for it to remain platonic because involving romance would ruin it for them. Ruin their friendship.

Nope. Don’t see it that way. Never have. And I don’t ever think that’s a problem with romance. I think that’s a problem with people that devalue what “romance” is because the examples to draw from are disappointing. Such as what they may see in TV art/entertainment.

As for the “same-sex” aspect to it. It never seems to be a problem that it’s interpreted or read or assumed as a romantic relationship when it’s opposite-sex instead.

So why ever should it ever be if it’s same-sex?

WLW or MLM specifically?

I value platonic relationships too. But the thing is is that if I genuinely believe that it works or looks better as romantic, then I don’t understand why it’s a “problem”that I no longer think or believe of it as platonic because I don’t understand how it suddenly being thought of as romantic negates it being a beautiful, authentic, serious and compelling relationship. In fact I think that it makes it more of all of that, not less than. I think rather the questions that need to be asked when it comes to this is: Does it make sense? Does it feel more authentic? Is the storytelling working better with it being this way? Are the character representation and development arcs for the characters thriving because of it being this way?

If the answer is “yes”, then why is it ever a problem?

This is internalized homo/queerphobia. This is an internalized perspective that even when a same-sex relationship looks or feels right deep down, it still looks or feels wrong on the surface rather than the other way around. This is something you’ve only been taught to see and believe as “wrong” because it’s not opposite-sex. You should look into it because there is nothing wrong with it being gay or queer or with it not being heterosexual. If there is nothing ever wrong for you with romance and love between straight characters, then there is nothing wrong with romance and love between gay or queer characters. Love in general is not wrong.

What’s wrong is that preconceived judgement when it comes to the loving relationships represented in TV art/entertainment between characters cannot be validated as romance just because those characters are same-sex but it’s perfectly fine when they are opposite-sex.

There’s never any “problem” with it being romantic over platonic when it’s a MLF. But not WLW or MLM. Or indeed… anything polyamorous/polygamous. Why?

It’s either fully conscious externalized homophobia and queerphobia or unconscious internalized homophobia and queerphobia. I only have sympathy for the latter.

But my sympathy can only go so far. Sort your shit out.

If you can’t, then don’t bother interacting with me again. You know who you are. This is your only warning. I won’t tolerate any negative vibes when it comes to this because I will just assume you’re being a dick because I can make assumptions too and claim that I am 100% right about what I don’t have enough legitimate information on. I mean I can, but I’ll try not to. I’ll try to give the benefit of the doubt and believe that you’re simply just misinformed or poorly educated.

Migrating intimacies: Media representations of same-sex love among migrant women in East Asia

The visual works explored in this article hide traces of "improper" world creation and same-sex intimacy of Southeast Asian immigrant women in Hong Kong. Discusses how they repurposed their outfits into "tomboy" or "T-bird" styles to suggest alternative female desires

the principle of heterosexuality prevails” in so far as “deeply embedded gender hierarchies … become manifest on the bodies of women who love other women ‘as men,’ or of femme women who seek out tombois with whom they can behave ‘as women.’Moreover, the reality of having intimate relationships with other women abroad in fact supports, whether deliberate or not, the norm of “women's sexual purity – meaning not having sexual relations with men [outside marriage]”

Taken together, these photographs provide a powerful narrative of immigrant women's social relationships—romantics, feminine spaces, and female connections—thus dismantling the "correct image" of domestic immigrant women working as submissive caregivers.

Anglican Church is divided over same-sex marriage – Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, has stated that the Anglican Communion does not have a single position on the issue of same-sex marriage.

Speaking ahead of the 18th Plenary of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC18) in Accra, the Archbishop reported that 85% of Anglicans still uphold the traditional view of marriage.