When I first heard the statistic it was “under 1%” then it changed to just 1%, then at some point it got bumped to 3%, 5, 10, and honestly I just stopped listening at some point.
I’d love to know what the true percentages are, not the “society doesn’t accept me so I will hide for the rest of my life and have a family like I’m supposed to” percentages we have. I actually knew a couple who lived in separate rooms because when they got married, it was so people would stop questioning them. They’re both gay, but neither ever had a long term partner while “married” because their family would find out. That is just heartbreaking. I don’t doubt their love for each other, but it wasn’t a romantic love, and though they made the best with what they had, they deserved better.
When I first heard the statistic it was “under 1%” then it changed to just 1%, then at some point it got bumped to 3%, 5, 10, and honestly I just stopped listening at some point.
I’d love to know what the true percentages are, not the “society doesn’t accept me so I will hide for the rest of my life and have a family like I’m supposed to” percentages we have. I actually knew a couple who lived in separate rooms because when they got married, it was so people would stop questioning them. They’re both gay, but neither ever had a long term partner while “married” because their family would find out. That is just heartbreaking. I don’t doubt their love for each other, but it wasn’t a romantic love, and though they made the best with what they had, they deserved better.
It’s incredible, it’s so painful to even just imagine having to live like that. Let alone actually do it.
I saw a good portrayal of that kind of marriage in For all mankind.