Is there a permission for every prohibition?
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Question
It is said that for everything that Hashem prohibited, He also provided a permissible alternative. For example, women — one marries and then it is permitted. Pork — there is a fish that tastes similar to pork. Now my question is regarding a man and the prohibition of homosexual relations and any related closeness. But I understood that there is also some permission there. I would be happy to know what and who permits it. Thank you very much.
Answer
Shalom and blessings
The Gemara does not intend to say that for every detail of a prohibition there is an exact detail of permission. This is only on a general level. [For example, there is no 'animal' that tastes like pork that is permitted. Only 'fish'].
Perhaps you are referring to what some of the poskim (Tur in the name of R"I, brought in Rema Even HaEzer, Siman 25, Seif 2) permitted non-vaginal intercourse with one's wife. And with the restriction that it be only occasional. This permission is not simple at all, according to most poskim. (Tur and Beit Yosef, Bedek HaBayit, Helkat Mehokek there).