#poli:purity

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→ Wizards, Witches, and the Gay Parade

Among the countless things that sets Wizarding society apart from muggle nations is their opinion on homosexuality. On the whole, it is viewed as entirely natural and no one knows a time where it wasn't normal to spot same-sex couples holding hands while they shopped just like their heterosexual equals. This isn't to say that every individual finds it wholesome and acceptable but they are a minority. All couples have equal access to marriage and adoption. There's only one caveat special to Pureblood ideology.

Until the innovation in same-sex pregnancies, Pureblood families staunchly stood behind the belief that homosexual children are free to take on lovers, especially as a way to familiarize themselves with sex without jeopardising their virginities (mostly applicable to daughters as the sons didn't have as strict a need for purity). However, the children were still expected to take up the responsibility of marriage to someone of the opposite sex to ensure the continuation of the bloodline and keeping the tradition of the family name. What they chose to do behind closed doors during their marriage was private and they could take lovers as long as discretion was maintained.

After the concern of maintain the pure bloodline became moot with Octavia's discovery, there were many families who became lenient about marriage to someone of the same-sex while others still expressed disdain should their children grow up and choose to ignore the traditional Pureblood family structure.