Kylie and Sophia’s relationship made it into international newspapers when they were forced out of the Christian sorority in UC Berkeley where they had first met. Before they met, neither had ever envisioned themselves in a same-gender relationship. However, when their friendship deepened into a romantic relationship, they were removed from the organisation.

Sophia is the daughter of 🇨🇱Chilean immigrant parents and was raised Roman Catholic in the 🇺🇸US, while Kylie is originally from 🇸🇬Singapore and was raised conservative Evangelical Protestant.   

In this episode, they tell us the fascinating story of their relationship, including: how they dealt with the hostility and fall out caused by their relationship in the sorority, how they have navigated other challenges in their relationship such as their very different personalities, cultural backgrounds, and winning the hearts of family members who were not initially very accepting. Kylie’s mom initially just referred to Sophia as “she/her” instead of her name.

We also discussed in detail how they planned a 💍wedding ceremony with influence from Catholic and Protestant practices, Latin culture and Singaporean-chinese culture. This meant a wedding with food and drinks from different continents, different styles of wedding dress, unique wedding traditions and religious ceremonies.

By the way, have you thought about how the queer community invite their family members to their weddings when not all of their family knows about their sexual orientation and partners? We also talked about that and I thought how they did it was fascinating!

Huffington Post article on their story about the sorority fall out: www.huffpost.com/entry/love-thy-sister_n_4899529