Howdy do, Marie. Being observant and traditionally Daoist hasn’t always been a peach picnic in LGBT groups. Sometimes other Queer ladies don’t even seem to read me as such. It can be very isolating, especially now that I’m looking for love again. I don’t expect her to be traditionally Daoist, but I do need SOME kind of spiritual connexion with a girlfriend, a shared prayer life. I’m still not sure how that would work out long term with either a humanist or Christian woman. Have you been in interfaith relationships? Pointers?

A Daoist, that’s interesting! I believe that it’s seen as something unusual or even weird by many queer women, and probably not only by them? I’ve only been in relationships with atheists. I understand that you need your partner to be of faith as well because it can sure make the relationship stronger when you have this important thing in common. But the fact that my girlfriend is an atheist doesn’t change anything in my love for her, it’s enough for me that she fully respects my faith and I can talk with her openly about it and I also think that it makes my faith deeper when I have to explain it to her, explain why I believe in God or why I need to pray. I sometimes dream about how it would be if she believed as well but I’m a realist and I don’t expect that she will somehow magically turn into a Christian or something else. But she promised to marry me in a church one day :-D So do you have some experience with other religions than Daoism (or with atheism), even in short term relationships?