One of the lingering effects of homophobia is the shame that gay people feel about themselves and their love. That is sad and something I hope disappears in my lifetime.
2/17/14
Bittersweet: after these gay Russians emigrated to the U.S., they married but feel still some fear in expressing their love in public
One of the lingering effects of homophobia is the shame that gay people feel about themselves and their love. That is sad and something I hope disappears in my lifetime.
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The most difficult thing was the kiss when they married? That just breaks my heart. On your wedding day you should be able to rejoice in your union with the person you love. The kiss is the most obvious sign of that joining and also the most obvious symbol of the love you share. What an absolutely horrible thing to feel that you cannot show your joy and your love like this, with a kiss?
ReplyDeleteIt really breaks my heart.
I would like to express my warmest and most joyful wishes for their marriage, may Ivan and Aleksandr be able to experience their love, their life together and their marriage with more and more ease and comfortableness. I am so happy that they were able to marry, I so very much wish that they can enjoy their marriage as they should be able to. Much love to them.
For the LGBT, our internalized homophobia runs deep. You can't blame these two guys given all the things they have overcome to emigrate and marry. But this self-editing function at their wedding is heart-breaking.
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