gay men—human, good, and valuable relationships—are not only expressions of traditional romantic love, they are also often fraternal, paternal, nonmonogamous or polyamorous, and communal, and they are often thoughtfully and honestly so. Society—and some gay men—critically judge such unconventional inventions and use them as evidence that gay relationships do not work—even as the same inventions are nonexplicitly or deceitfully implemented in many heterosexual unions.
