Race & Ethnicity

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  Same-sex Couples in Census 2010: Race and Ethnicity

  By Gary J. Gates
  April 2012
  

  Newly released Census 2010 data highlight unique aspects of racial and ethnic diversity within same-sex couples. They are more likely than their different-sex counterparts to be interracial or interethnic and couples that include a racial or ethnic minority are more likely to be raising children. Fully a third of same-sex couples that include an Hispanic partner are raising children.

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  Interactions of Transgender Latina Women with Law Enforcement

  By Frank H. Galvan and Mohsen Bazargan
  April 2012
  

  A new report, funded by the Williams Institute, reveals high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women by law enforcement agencies and highlights steps that police departments should take to improve relations with the transgender community. The report is based on interviews with 220 Latina transgender women from the Los Angeles area.

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• Same-sex Couples and Immigration in the United States

  Gary J. Gates and Craig Konnoth
  November 2011
  

  There are an estimated 28,500 binational same-sex couples and nearly 11,500 same-sex couples in which neither partner is a U.S. citizen. Press releases in both English and Spanish within.

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• “We’d Be Free”: Narratives of Life Without Homophobia, Racism, or Sexism

  By Ilan Meyer, et al.
  August 13, 2011
  

  This study examined the effects of exposure to everyday experiences of inequality. It finds that stigma and social inequality can increase stress and reduce well-being for LGB people, even in the absence of major traumatic events such as hate crimes and discrimination.

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• Testimony on the Demographic Characteristics of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Latinos and Latinos in Same-Sex Couples

  By Craig J. Konnoth
  July 2011
  

  Many of the issues that Latino Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) individuals face are insufficiently understood. This testimony explains that existing demographic data about Latino LGB individuals show that these individuals, who constitute the greatest number of same-sex partners of color in the United States, differ significantly from their non-Latino LGB counterparts, as well as from straight Latino individuals in numerous ways.

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• Discharges Under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy: Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities

  By Gary J. Gates
  September 2010
  

  This research brief considers the historic impact of the US military’s “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy on women and racial/ethnic minorities.

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• Cross-National Differences in Attitudes towards Homosexuality

  By Tom W. Smith
  May 2011
  

  In five rounds of surveys between 1988 and 2008 the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) has asked questions about homosexuality (www.issp.org).

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• Statewide Estimation of Racial/Ethnic Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men in the U.S.

  January 2011
  

  Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear the greatest burden of human immunodeficiency virus HIV/AIDS in every state in the U.S., but their populations are poorly defined. Authors of the study estimated and compared populations of MSM in 2007 by region, state, and race/ethnicity.

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• Estimating Populations of Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States

  November 2009
  

  Population estimates of men who have sex with men (MSM) by state and race/ethnicity are lacking, hampering effective HIV epidemic monitoring and targeting of outreach and prevention efforts. We created three models to estimate the proportion and number of adult males who are MSM in 17 southern states.

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• Testimony submitted to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary “The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law”

  By Gary J. Gates
  June 3, 2009
  

  Census 2000 data identified nearly 36,000 same-sex bi-national couples where one partner was a U.S. citizen. This amounts to 1.3% of all such bi-national couples in the U.S.

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• Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders of Color Sampling Methodology: Strategies for Collecting Data in Small, Hidden, or Hard-to-Reach Groups To Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

  December 2008
  

  This report is a collaboration of the LGBTs of Color Sampling Methodology meeting group. It summarizes the meeting format and content, provides a brief overview of the problem of tobacco use among LGBT and racial and ethnic minorities, and makes recommendations to help eliminate tobacco-related health disparities.

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• Census Snapshot: California’s Asian/Pacific Islander LGB Population

  By Gary J. Gates, Christopher Ramos
  October 2008
  

  This report provides a general overview of Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) in same-sex couples as well as the broader API lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population in California.

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• Census Snapshot: California’s Latino/Latina LGB Population

  By Gary J. Gates, Christopher Ramos
  October 2008
  

  This study provides demographic and economic information for the more than 200,000 LGB Latino/a individuals and 52,410 Latinos/as in same-sex couples living in California. The study shows that nearly half of Latinas and 44% of Latinos in same-sex couples in California are raising nearly 25,000 children.

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• Census Snapshot: California’s Black LGB Population

  By Gary J. Gates, Christopher Ramos
  October 2008
  

  This report provides a general overview of Black individuals in same-sex couples as well as the broader Black lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) population in California.

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• Asian and Pacific Islanders in Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Data from Census 2000

  By Brad Sears, Gary J. Gates, Holning Lau
  July 2006
  

  This study analyzes data from Census 2000 to show that over 38,000 Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) in the United States identified themselves as living with a same-sex partner during Census 2000.

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• Race and Ethnicity of Same-Sex Couples in California: Data from Census 2000

  By Brad Sears, Gary J. Gates, Holning Lau
  February 2006
  

  Using data from Census 2000, this report compares demographic and socio-economic characteristics of Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs), blacks, Latino and Latinas (Latino/as), and whites (defined as white non-Latino/a) in same-sex couples in California.

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• Bi-National Same-Sex Unmarried Partners in Census 2000: A Demographic Portrait

  By Gary J. Gates
  October 27, 2005
  

  While current United States immigration policy is based primarily on family reunification, it does not provide any rights for unmarried partners of citizens.

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• Asians and Pacific Islanders in Same-Sex couples in California: Data from Census 2000

  By Brad Sears, Gary J. Gates
  September 2005
  

  This study analyzes data from Census 2000 to show that 13,000 Asians/Pacific Islanders in California are part of a same-sex couple. The study also shows that more than half of California’s Asian/Pacific Islander same-sex couples are raising almost 5,600 children and are struggling with some of the same economic difficulties as other Asian/Pacific Islander families in the state.

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• Black Same-Sex Couples in California: Data from Census 2000

  By Brad Sears, Gary J. Gates
  September 2005
  

  This study analyzes data from Census 2000 to show that over 9,500 black men and women in California identified themselves as living with a same-sex partner during Census 2000.

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• Latinos/as in Same-Sex Couples in California: Data from Census 2000

  By Brad Sears, Gary J. Gates
  May 2005
  

  This study analyzes data from Census 2000 to show that 45,000 Latinos and Latinas in California are part of a same-sex couple. Latino/as account for one in four individuals in same-sex couples in California.

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