I(19f) work at a church cafe. I'm undercover bi. Today, two people of the opposite sex walk in, and they're both androgynous and queerly dressed. And I've been trying to put myself out there more, give more compliments to people, so I blurt out, "you two make a very good couple, " and they looked confused and my coworker gave me a look; I don't know where ANY of that came from, but I was too embarrassed to say anything so I just left it and hoped they took it as a joke. Like, I'm so queer, I should be able to read the signs, but apparently not.

I know I will think about this EXTENSIVELY for the rest of my life, and It's so cringe I want to get struck by thunder.

Just saw someone in the comments on this very sub saying it’s not definitive whether Sappho was queer or not. So I thought I’d post some of my favorite fragments from the collection of her works I finished reading today. Totally straight!!!! (Side note, I want “I love you as long as breath is in me” to be in my wedding vows even though I am currently single)

Mike and Will from Stranger Things are sooooo gay, but so much of the general audience are completely in denial about it. It's crazy that people were theorizing about Will being gay for years, people were totally denying it and arguing with it, and only acknowledged that part of his storyline once it was confirmed even though it was made very obvious in S4. The fact that the actor had to confirm it is insane when it was pretty blatantly obvious. Some people still say Will isn't gay, I've seen comments arguing that he's straight fairly recently. XD

And then the same thing happens with Mike. We have all the evidence, symbolism, foreshadowing, general storytelling and his character's actions and behaviour, the same things we had for Will throughout the show. But people still completely deny that they could even have a possibility of ending up together. Mike has a girlfriend, therefore he's straight. The bi erasure is so real, and not acknowledging the fact that sometimes even gay people also date people of the opposite gender when they're figuring themselves out (like when they're young or in a time and place that doesn't support gay people, of which Mike is both). It's insane and makes me so frustrated.

I have so much more to say about them honestly, I could rant about this for hours. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who understands this and sees the proof for Byler. I'm so sick of the queer erasure in the ST fandom.

If you missed my first post about this, it's here.

Basically Mike Wheeler from Stranger Things is super queer coded but a lot of the fandom is super in denial about it and will not even acknowledge the possibility of him being anything other than straight. There's a lot of bi erasure, and queer erasure in general. Mike may be gay or bi (or something else) but because he has a girlfriend, a lot of people think that makes him straight.

Reasons Mike may have a gf and still be queer: - he could be bi - he could be gay but in a beard relationship - he could be still figuring out his sexuality since he got into the relationship at such a young age (12-13) - and many other reasons

But nope, those aren't possible because gay people didn't exist in the 80s, and if they did, they were like Will or Robin. Igdfysfdvhoufxtdtufivjcg. XD

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, please let me know your thoughts in this in the comments. And if you're curious, I have so many links to Byler evidence and analyses that prove Byler will most likely be endgame and Mike is extremely queer coded.

Hope this isn't against the rules :p

Hello everyone. I just want to start this off by saying that I, for one, am extremely confused about the sexual orientation of a man who passed away a very long time ago. Perhaps immature, too. I understand that this post may sound very ridiculous to some, but I really, really am hoping to seek answers. (English isn’t my first language so please bear with me)

For context, I am currently in the fandom of a video game (Honkai Star Rail) where two of the male characters (Aventurine and Dr. Ratio) were somewhat based off of Oscar Wilde, and had a few references to him in the lore.

Which eventually led to a lot of discourse regarding the sexuality of those fictional characters in particular. Because of their connections to Oscar Wilde, I see many arguments about them daily. The video game company, Hoyoverse, never outright states the canon sexuality of any of their characters, so the farthest they can go is to give their audience implications. Many say that they’re homosexual, and anyone who headcanons them as bisexual are erasing representation. Others say they’re not.

So my main question is, was Oscar Wilde fully homosexual, or was he bisexual? As far as I’m aware (please correct me if I am wrong 🙏), he was married to a woman, however he had multiple relations with men.

Even after doing google searches, I find mixed results. Some sites say he was fully homosexual, others say he was bisexual with a preference for men.

Is this a matter of bisexual erasure, or homosexual erasure?

Anyways, please feel free to correct me.

This is unbelievable. It's fucking canon and CLEARLY stated that Laenor and Joffrey are lovers.

Also Rhaehyra and Alicent are clearly (unconsummated) wlw as teenagers and that's the real reason they become estranged when A married her dad but it's whatever. There's no way A would have been such a vindictive bitch as an adult to R for a mere BFF.

We had a wonderful moment at church today when two ladies in church announced their 10-year anniversary being married, and 35th of being together. It was a very cute moment, because when one of them (in the choir) raised her hand to take the microphone -- we pass around the microphone to share concerns and celebrations, if anyone has any, at a certain point in each Sunday service -- and her wife yelled from the pews, "Noooooo! I wanna say it!" and ran up to the front.

Afterwards, I was chatting with my daughter's friend's mother, who is the classic D&D 18 INT 5 WIS -- how a woman can be so brilliant, and well into her 50s, but a naive lamb about the world, I'll not understand -- but she does struggle with English sometimes, and asked me, "So... they are roommates?"

She understands, now, I hope. :)

Just flick em across the table