i’m going to get discourse-y here.
saying that cishets in relationships shouldn’t use the term “partner” bc you personally felt tricked into assuming they were gay comes off as very privileged to me. when either i or my partners have been closeted the ambiguity of the term “partner” has saved my ass so so many times , and this is entirely hinged on the use of “partner” by straight people to give me plausible deniability regarding my or my partner’s status as LGBT.
like i’m sorry you thought your professor was in a same gender relationship and were proven wrong but honestly the status of their and their partner’s gender / sexuality and married / unmarried status is between them alone if they want to use that term publicly. also you finding cool lgbt friends based off hip lingo isn’t as important as me and many other lgbt people’s safety and ability to traverse within the closet























