Of course. There's no homophobia in Proud Immortal Demon Way—there are no gay people in there.¹ How would Binghe know? "It—yeah," he says. "It's illegal. Not—sex, not anymore, but men can't get married to each other, and it can ruin your career, and people—" he swallows. "Some people hurt people, for it. Even kill them. And—people think it means something about you, too. Weakness, or stupidity, or—or predatory appetites. Things no one could ever think of Binghe," he finishes, quickly, reminded of his own misstep, his echo of the original Shen Qingqiu during their fight, and he presses a little kiss to Binghe's hair so he knows he means it.

¹ I'm just gonna stop footnoting this one.