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Salt Lake City Has Highest Rate of Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids
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The Real ‘Modern Family’ in America
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The Gay Affluence Myth: New Research on LGBT Poverty
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Inaugural Brian Belt HIV Law & Policy Fellow Ayako Miyashita
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Williams Institute Faculty Advisory Committee Member honored by Equality Virginia
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Watch Now! 12th Annual Update: Lawrence + 10: What’s Next for LGBT Rights?
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Williams Institute recieves Presidential Citation from APA Division 44
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Williams Institute Research Featured in Wall Street Journal
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The Reid Rasmussen Fellow of Law & Policy Christy Mallory
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Williams Institute Manager of Transgender Research Jody L. Herman
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Latest Publications
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Donor, Dad, or…? Young Adults with Lesbian Parents’ Experiences with Known Donors
By Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine R. Allen
May 2013
Research suggests children of lesbian parents are satisfied with their current level of contact with their male donors. This study sheds light on how children are contributing to the redefinition and reconstruction of complex kinship arrangements. Participants in the study perceived their relationships with their male donors as strictly donors and not members of their family; as extended family members, but not as parents; and as fathers.
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INFOGRAPHIC: % of Same-sex Couples Raising Children in Top Metro Areas (MSAs)
May 2013
Same-sex couples raising children live in areas all across the country. Many of these areas, including Salt Lake City, Memphis and San Antonio, are located in states that currently have a constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples. Mississippi has the highest percentage of same-sex couples raising children at 26 percent. Top metro areas are comprised of a large population center and adjacent communities that are economically integrated with that center.
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Estimating the Economic Boost of Marriage Equality in Delaware
By Angeliki Kastanis and M.V. Lee Badgett
May 2013
Extending marriage rights to same-sex couples in Delaware would bring an estimated $7 million to the state and local economy. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,646 same-sex couples live in Delaware. Of those couples, 50 percent, or approximately 767 marriage licenses, would be issued within the first three years after the passage of marriage equality, a pattern that has been observed in Massachusetts and elsewhere. The report also takes into account the Delaware couples that may have married in other states.















