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⌈ Secret Post #4269 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What kind of romances do you want to see more of?

[(Anonymous)]

well if it's fiction it could work out, right? it's daydream land after all :D

it'd just be nice to see it brought up in a romance. exploring the identity issues are what would be the appeal to me, and for once ending up at "no, I still feel 'straight' is the most accurate term for my actual sexuality but I'm fine with being a straight person in a gay relationship, now how do we explain that to people" instead of "I guess I was bi all along, I'm bi now!" would be... well, novel

Re: What kind of romances do you want to see more of?

[(Anonymous)]

I personally would want to also see the queer partners perspective because dating someone who is orientation incompatible with you is hard. Hard socially, hard personally, it can make it hard to connect to your partner if a queer identity is a big part of your life, it can make it hard to believe your partner is actually attracted to you - lots of stuff, some justified and some not.

I could be sold on it but it would have to be handled with razors edge delicacy imo.

Re: What kind of romances do you want to see more of?

[(Anonymous)]

oh, same. it would veer WAY too easily into "I'm straight because I can't accept I'm actually gay" homophobic territory

one concept I find fascinating is what if for example, an actress has a lesbian relationship. that actress and the other woman get turned into LGBT icons, but one half feels like a fraud because they are totally straight other than this one relationship, aren't part of the community, and don't even identify as gay. it's something that could easily break a relationship apart if like you said, one side has strong identity leanings with the group the other party feels like they're an impostor in

all sorts of fun stuff, lol

Re: What kind of romances do you want to see more of?

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt but as a lesbian myself - I agree with your last point, I think the only scary thing about dating a straight person would be questioning whether they are really attracted to you. I feel like with guys, arousal is more external (for obvious reasons) so it might be a little different. But for me, I'd question if a female partner really was into me, or was just doing it for the experience or to brag about it for weird feminist cred. Plus the fear that goes with it of "will they want to stay with me long term or is this just a phase/do they ultimately want to end up with the opposite sex."

"Queer identity" means nothing to me though. I personally have zero interest in Pride stuff or the "community" of LGBT beyond what it means for social progress. I don't feel any more connected on a human level with people who have similar sexual interests as me. It's not my identity at all. Beyond sexual attraction and romantic commitment, queerness is a moot point for me.