I know it doesn't sound like a problem: "You're a man and you're obsessed with women? Have you considered running for president?! Of course, according to public perception of a gay man's official responsibilities, loving women is just my bedazzled cross to bear, the GBFF phenomenon being well documented, if only in its most base terms: Let's go shopping! You are so skinny right now, like, I'm nervous for you!
Kosoko Jackson. There was another intern in the running to be a member of our tightly bound, Robin Hood, Knights of the Round Table group. Half of the group teased me, saying I only wanted him because he was cute he was. Half of the group agreed with me that he was intelligent and brought something new and fresh to our organization he did.
In the last few posts in this series on gay men and the phenomenon of falling in love Part 1 , Part 2 , we have spent a bit of time framing the conversation well. We first walked through the theological and philosophical foundations of personhood where we highlighted the positive strivings of humans over against a pathologizing of human desires. Then, we looked at how humans attach to other humans and what security and anxiety looks like within those relationships. Hopefully, by the end of this series, we will see a more complex view of what it means to have feelings for another human.
Answer: The same ways straight couples do! As a lesbian, I find it difficult to find an article about a lesbian or gay couple in the media. Often lesbian or gay couples are portrayed as not being really in love or as going through a phase. Lesbian and gay couples do have genuine feelings for their partners, but the absence of their stories in mainstream media gives the impression that the love between lesbian couples does not exist.