The Research on the Effect of Gender Expression on Intimacy of Homosexual Groups

Abstract

The research on LGBT people and their intimate relationships has always been a topic of public concern, and this paper based on the previous studies and investigations in the field of LGBT relationship satisfaction, try to solve the loophole in the gender expression and sex role concerning relationship satisfaction. On this research, the results show that in a same-sex relationship, those who are passive are likely to be more feminine, whereas those who are active tend to be masculine. Most people think it necessary to have a complementary sex role, but only a few consider it is not necessarily meaningful. These may be due to the social context, if the environment is adaptive to LGBT, or they suffer less from the stigma brought by binary gender or heterosexism, people can insist on their preferable gender role instead of reluctantly switching to create a complementary relationship, since it may harm their satisfaction and intimacy with the relationship. In this paper, the author hopes to make a little contribution through the study of homosexual groups and their intimacy.