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Bookmark or Share- Understanding sexual orientation and homosexualityIn the 2000 U.S. Census, 33% of female same-sex couple households and 22% of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home. Although comparable data are not available, many single lesbians and gay men are also parents, and many same-sex couples are part-time parents to children whose primary ...
- A brief history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movementsSame-sex civil unions were recognized under Vermont law in 2000, and Massachusetts became the first state to perform same-sex marriages in 2004; with the end of state sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas, 2003), gay and lesbian Americans were finally free from criminal classification. Gay marriage was first legal in the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain ...
- Same-sex marriage: What you need to knowResearchers have found that married men and women generally experience better physical and mental health than comparable cohabiting couples. Additionally, same-sex couples in legal unions are more likely to remain in a committed relationship than those denied marriage rights. Taken together, the research shows that there’s no scientific basis ...
- Marriage and Family Issues for LGBT PeoplePromoting the Well-Being of Children Whose Parents are Gay or Lesbian. The American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement in support of same-sex marriage says that allowing gay and lesbian parents to marry if they so choose is in the best interests of their children. March 2013.
- Resolution on Marriage Equality for Same-Sex CouplesSame-sex marriage: The cultural politics of love and law. New York: Cambridge University Press. Jellison, W.A., McConnell, A. R., & Gabriel, S. (2004). Implicit and explicit measures of sexual orientation attitudes: Ingroup preferences and related behaviors and beliefs among gay and straight men.
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