Why Gay Marriage Really Is Like Interracial Marriage

Contents:

• ONE INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE TRI TO TRAVEL FEARLSLY — AND SOMETIM FDS ACCEPTANCE SURPRISG PLAC
• WHY GAY MARRIAGE REALLY IS LIKE INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
• EXPLAINER: CONGRS IS ACTG ON GAY, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE

ONE INTERRACIAL GAY COUPLE TRI TO TRAVEL FEARLSLY — AND SOMETIM FDS ACCEPTANCE SURPRISG PLAC

My hband and I, undnted by whatever dangers might face a gay terracial uple abroad, have traveled fearlsly enough to ighten my -laws. We disapprove of untri where ’s legal to stone gay people to ath.

Brendan and I don’t want to support the enomi of plac wh homophobic laws, like Myanmar, Kenya, or Sdi Arabia — the latter’s royal fay hardly needs our three-dollar bills. We did go to the Maldiv, where they have whipped people for homosexual activy, but there seem to be separate l for lols and visors — I thk the tourists get safe words.

But ambiguy and hospaly don’t mix well eher; gay travelers want the same treatment as straight on, and rorts and hotels want to acmodate the burgeong number of tourists who intify as LGBTQ. Related: What It’s like to Travel Ameri As a Gay Couple Livg an RV: Episo 2 of Travel + Leisure’s New Podst. Even gay-iendly spac the U.

WHY GAY MARRIAGE REALLY IS LIKE INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE

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The seri revolved around a group of black gay men livg Los Angel, and promently featured issu facg that muny, cludg datg, same-sex parenthood, HIV and AIDS awarens, and homophobia. We watch as Wa out as a gay man, and fac the harsh reali that n sometim acpany that procs for black men.

EXPLAINER: CONGRS IS ACTG ON GAY, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE

HBO's Lookg only aired for two seasons, but I found to be an pecially powerful, joyful, and realistic look to what 's like to be gay man morn society. Melissa: By sign, we have chosen to live, work, and raise our children two very diverse ci where people tend to be ls homogeno not only terms of race, ethnicy, and sexual orientatn but also ways of thkg and livg. There are still those neighborhoods where we might qutn any type of PDA, but I’m not sure if that is due to beg an terracial relatnship or jt a gay relatnship.

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