I (a heterosexual male) have a picture of my wife and me at our wedding on my phone’s lockscreen. Some people carry such photos in their wallet. While traveling, I’ve never given a thought to removing that photo. My wife often travels with me when I go to conferences so we can extend the stay and have a mini-vacation before or after.

A person in a same-sex relationship has the extra burden of having to think about those things, or miss out on those experiences (and even that in itself has detrimental mental effects for many in the long-term).