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 Well, kinda. The gay blogosphere (and, I think many gays in general) are buzzing about the cover story of the New York Times Magazine this past weekend. The author explores the curious social phenomenon of mid-20s gay men in Massachusetts who are doing something never before possible in this country: getting married.
It's a really interesting sociological commentary, I think. Of course gay guys have been shacking up together for a very long time. But what happens when the official labal "married" is applied to a gay relationship for the first time in the US?:
“We know we’re compatible,” Marc said.
“We’ve thought a lot about household roles. I’m going to clean, and
Vassili is going to cook.”
“I like doing laundry and ironing,” Vassili told me. “He likes yardwork.”
“I don’t think either one of us is really going to be the wife, per se,” Marc said.
Hmmm... if that's marriage, I'm not sure I want me some. But more power to them! Of course, the author kinda glosses over how bourgie the whole process turns out to be...and how little diversity there seems to be in the couples who do decide to marry...but it's a start, right?
Oh, and those remarkable photos by Erwin Olaf -- I love how tongue-in-cheek they are, but I wonder if Marc and Vassili appreciate the Stepford-y irony?
Are we going to start having a ton of gay divorces when these guys who've rushed into marriage start realizing it's harder than they might have thought?
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