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Are Advice Columns Intrinsically Queer?
Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast
Burt and Ernie: A De-Sexualized Celebration of Queer Marriage
June Thomas, our very own wrote a blog post in Slate saying that this was an insulting way to commemorate the civil rights victory. Jules: I'm kind of like, well, yeah, it was a very de-sexualized way to celebrate queer marriage. It made me think about why do we think characters like this are gay? And maybe it's also because our society devalues platonic love, such that we can't accept that two people who aren't romantic and sexually involved with one another could be the most important people in each other's lives.
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