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Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality.
List of contents
1. From the Political to the Personal: LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality – An Introduction
Deciding to Marry: Who Marries and Why?
2. Population Perspectives on Marriage Among Same-Sex Couples in the US: Rates and Predictors of Same-Sex Unions
3. Same-Sex Marriage in Canada: An Update
4. Marital Status Among Transgender Individuals in the US
5. Doing It for the Kids? Motivations to Marry and Perceived Effects of Marriage Among Lesbian and Gay Parents
6. LGB People’s Personal Ambitions and Political Attitudes Toward Marriage
Being Married: How Do LGBT People Approach and Experience Marital Relationships?
7. Support for Same-Sex Marriage: Families, Friends, Communities, and the Wedding Industry
8. Gender Transition and Same-Sex Marriage: A Qualitative Consideration
9. "It Feels Like We’re Together as a Team": Communal Orientations Among Married Gay Men and Lesbians
10. The Influence of Marriage and (Non)Monogamy Agreements on Relationship Quality in LGBT Relationships
11. Married Lesbians and Gay Men: How They Get Along with Their In-Laws
The Effects of Marriage and Marriage Equality: What Difference Does Marriage Make for LGBT People?
12. Changes in Legal Knowledge Across the Transition to Marriage Equality
13. Marriage and Political Engagement Across Sexual Identities
14. Exploring the Social Security Benefit Implications of Same-Sex Marriage
15. Language Use and the Social Affordances of Marriage: An Exploration of the Experiences of Cisgender Gay Men
About the author
Aaron Hoy, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where his research and teaching focus on families, sexualities, sex/gender, and aging and the life course.
Summary
Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality.
