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Same-Sex Couples

There are more 700,000 co-habitating same-sex couples living in the U.S. They are racially and ethnically diverse, raising children, and about half are legally married. We research the demographics and experiences of same-sex couples and analyze laws that impact them.

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The Economic Impact of Marriage Equality Five Years after Obergefell v. Hodges

May 2020
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LGBT People and Housing Affordability, Discrimination, and Homelessness

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Legally Married LGB People in the United States

June 2019
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How Many Same-Sex Couples in the US are Raising Children?

July 2018
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Demographics of Married and Unmarried Same-Sex Couples

March 2015
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Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Well-Being of Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

February 2014

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