Brown Girl Magazine
  • Home
  • Trending
    • In the News
    • Feminism
    • Politics
  • Entertainment
    • Bollywood
    • East-Meets-West
    • Filmy Buzz
    • Music
    • Cinema
    • BG Poetry
    • Good Reads
  • Culture
    • Social Activism
    • Breaking Taboos
    • Colonial Effects
    • Humanities
    • Identity
    • Indo-Caribbean
    • Tradition
  • Lifestyle
    • Beauty Buzz
    • Fashion
    • Foodie
    • Career
  • Health
    • Mental Health
    • Women’s Health
    • Clean Eats
    • Fitness 101
  • Relationships
    • Dating
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Marriage
    • Sexuality
  • Community
    • BG Youth
    • Black Lives Matter
    • USA
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada
    • South Asia
    • Spotlight
  • Brown Boy
  • Listen
shop
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Trending
    • In the News
    • Feminism
    • Politics
  • Entertainment
    • Bollywood
    • East-Meets-West
    • Filmy Buzz
    • Music
    • Cinema
    • BG Poetry
    • Good Reads
  • Culture
    • Social Activism
    • Breaking Taboos
    • Colonial Effects
    • Humanities
    • Identity
    • Indo-Caribbean
    • Tradition
  • Lifestyle
    • Beauty Buzz
    • Fashion
    • Foodie
    • Career
  • Health
    • Mental Health
    • Women’s Health
    • Clean Eats
    • Fitness 101
  • Relationships
    • Dating
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Marriage
    • Sexuality
  • Community
    • BG Youth
    • Black Lives Matter
    • USA
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada
    • South Asia
    • Spotlight
  • Brown Boy
  • Listen
shop
No Result
View All Result
Brown Girl Magazine
No Result
View All Result
Home Marriage

How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Gives Hope to Queer Youth

Brown Girl Magazine by Brown Girl Magazine
August 4, 2022
in Marriage, Relationships
0 0
0
How the Supreme Court’s Decision on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Gives Hope to Queer Youth
0
SHARES
2
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

by Aryanna Prasad 

Hearing Friday’s Supreme Court decision that gay marriage is constitutionally protected provided me with the occasion–and confidence–to make public how this decision affected my life and my future as a queer woman. I decided to share the writing below on my Facebook page:

Three years ago, I recognized the possibility that I may fall in love and spend my life with a woman.

Recognizing that this would inevitably change the course of my idealized life—from having children to getting married—made me anxious, but it was still something I wasn’t going to shut the door on, no matter how difficult. You can’t shut the door on your sexual identity and deny to yourself who you are.

I knew I would find a way to make it work with whomever I loved: man, woman or non-gender-conforming.

Though there are still so many battles to be won for queer folk (especially QWOC), Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage for all Americans lessened the anxieties so many queer people face when they think about spending their lives with someone they love.

Making one’s life “work around” being queer and having such thoughts shows that societal homophobia/transphobia has left a mark on our innermost thoughts. The fact that many of us feel like we must come out in order to be who we really are shows society’s lacking understanding.

But as all of us become more accepting of queer identities and our own identities, I hope that newly confident queer kids can continue waving the victorious rainbow flag and fight to make society not only accepting but also understanding of one’s identity.

There were many people dissenting yesterday, but ultimately, justice won. The power structure is slowly dissolving through the work of many queer activists and fearless people who let the world know it’s more than okay to be gay (or anywhere on the gender/sexuality spectrum).

Being a child of divorce and having a political feminist education, I’m skeptical of the institution of marriage in the first place. Yet the right for queer people to get married in the United States being recognized is something I’m so grateful to see in my lifetime.

Three years ago, I would have never imagined seeing the day when I wouldn’t have to worry about making my life work around being queer. But now, the right to marry is something queer Americans will no longer dream but live to the fullest.

Tags: Gay marriagehomosexualityqueerSame Sex MarriageU.S. Supreme Court

Recent Posts

  • Sun and Skincare: South Asian Beauty Influencers Share Their Summer Season Must-Haves
  • Kayan Opens up About her Music Artistry
  • Decoding Dopamine Dressing This Summer
  • In Conversation With Ashok Amritraj: Celebrating his 40-Year Legacy
  • Enduring the Fight for Freedom

Recent Comments

  1. Op-Ed: Rihanna, Savage X Fenty, and the Continued Misuse and Disrespect of Hinduism on Dark Goddesses and me: Religious Colorism in Hindu India
  2. Celebrating International Mother Language Day and Multilingualism on On Language and Home: Revisiting Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘In Other Words’
  3. What International Mother Language Day Means to British Bangladeshis on Celebrating International Mother Language Day with Self Reflection and Reclaiming One’s Bangladeshi Identity
  4. Book Review: Understanding Public Health on Deeper Level with 'Health Care of a Thousand Slights' by Anjana Sreedhar on Pursuing Inspiration: Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Health Care, and Self-Care
  5. Book Review: ‘ZOM-FAM’ by Kama La Mackerel on Grazing Over Pages of Identities Unmilked: ‘The Cowherd’s Son’
Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Youtube Envelope

About

Founded as an online publication in 2008, Brown Girl Magazine is a multimedia company based in New York City with global reach dedicated to South Asian self-expression, cultural anchoring, and dialogue.
Through diverse, multimedia content and community building, we empower and engage those who identify as a part of the South Asian diaspora with a hyphenated identity.

Subscribe To The Spark

A curated newsletter full of dinner-table worthy topics, thought provoking stories, promo codes and the spiciest memes straight to your inbox.

Categories

  • Entertainment
  • Culture
  • Lifestyle
  • Health
  • Relationships
  • Community
  • Brown Boy

©Copyright Brown Girl Magazine Inc.

  • Company
  • About
  • Contact
  • Join
  • Advertise
  • Sponsored Content
  • Privacy Policy
  • Term of use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Trending
    • In the News
    • Feminism
    • Politics
  • Entertainment
    • Bollywood
    • East-Meets-West
    • Filmy Buzz
    • Music
    • Cinema
    • BG Poetry
    • Good Reads
  • Culture
    • Social Activism
    • Breaking Taboos
    • Colonial Effects
    • Humanities
    • Identity
    • Indo-Caribbean
    • Tradition
  • Lifestyle
    • Beauty Buzz
    • Fashion
    • Foodie
    • Career
  • Health
    • Mental Health
    • Women’s Health
    • Clean Eats
    • Fitness 101
  • Relationships
    • Dating
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Marriage
    • Sexuality
  • Community
    • BG Youth
    • Black Lives Matter
    • USA
    • United Kingdom
    • Canada
    • South Asia
    • Spotlight
  • Brown Boy
  • Listen

© 2023 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?
Go to mobile version