ABSTRACT

Gay couples who have been displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic had to work with communication platforms so that they could process and proceed with their relationships. Using the notion of romantic intimacy as mediated and socially processed information, interviews were analysed in order to describe twelve (12) gay couples’ enacted communication in order to approximate interpersonal romance. Results have shown that gay couples communicate affective, cognitive, and non-physical intimacies to establish commitment and mutuality. Affective intimacies include posting daily updates about daily routines, using words of affirmation through texts and app messages, and uploading short video clips. Cognitive intimacy is shown through discussions of health, social, and relationship issues. Non-physical intimacy includes viewing each other’s daily activities, dining together and engaging in online sex. Technological platforms have continued to enable relational intimacies not only to augment relationship sustenance but also to reinforce a nuanced yet global form of mobile affection. The time spent communicating with each other, coupled with the enacted intimacies, and the sense of commitment and mutuality, led to a well-spent locked down and long-distance romantic relationships.

摘要

因 COVID-19 大流行而流离失所的同性恋夫妇必须使用交流平台，以便他们能够处理和继续他们的关系。使用浪漫亲密关系的概念作为中介和社会处理的信息，分析访谈以描述十二（12）对同性恋夫妇的制定沟通，以近似人际浪漫。结果表明，同性恋伴侣通过交流情感、认知和非身体上的亲密关系来建立承诺和相互关系。情感亲密包括发布有关日常生活的每日更新，通过文本和应用程序消息使用肯定的话，以及上传短视频剪辑。通过对健康、社会和关系问题的讨论来展示认知亲密关系。非身体上的亲密包括观看彼此的日常活动，一起用餐并进行在线性爱。技术平台继续使关系亲密关系成为可能，不仅增强了关系的维持，而且加强了一种微妙而全球性的移动情感形式。彼此交流所花费的时间，加上制定的亲密关系，以及承诺和相互关系的感觉，导致了一段美好的锁定和远距离恋爱关系。