It’s hard enough being in femmes same-sex relationship in an often homophobic world-wide, but when you’re in the public eye, there’s even more occasion people will doubt you.
The internet collectively exulted when contenders on The Bachelor in Australia, Tiffany Scanlon and Megan Marx, announced they’d received love with each other, rather than the “Bachelor, ” while playing on the show.
But after fellow player and so-called “villain” Keira Maguire said their relationship was just for advertising and “definitely counterfeit, ” the pair have hit back at criticism.
“If you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all, ” Scanlon told Mashable via email. “Keira has not investigated and has hardly spoken to Megan or myself since we were on the show.”
She continued: “If she would like to discuss her sentiments of us in private I would be more than so pleased to see you both take that request. But at the least let’s be respectful and refrain from publicly commenting on things we know nothing about.”
For her side, Marx envisages the whole implication behind specific comments is that very feminine wives aren’t capable of affection each other. “Claiming we aren’t lesbians for one WE AREN’T! There are other types of virilities aside from straight-out or gay, and we are happy and cozy in that. I haven’t actually discovered from her since filming but I care her all the best.”
Sexuality is a spectrum, after all.
The couple have been criticised widely online for promoting firebrands through a capital of sponsored material and upholding “fetishised” beauty and same-sex rapport touchstones in the media through their social media pages.
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