Tag: same-sex couples

A new study has found that a surprising number of same-sex couples employ traditional gender stereotypes when dividing up household chores. The study, titled “Making Money, Doing Gender, or Being Essentialist? Partner Characteristics and Americans’ Attitudes Toward Housework,” was conducted by Indiana University and surveyed over 1,000 people. Researchers learned that gender stereotypes play a large part in how same-sex couples determine who does what around the house. Respondents were given information about either a heterosexual or same-sex couple, including each person’s occupation and income level, as well as their hobbies and interests. They...

To celebrate, Rome’s Trevi Fountain lights up rainbow Yesterday, Italy's Parliament has finally passed the bill that allows same-sex couples to legalize their union, with 369 votes vs 193. Despite the opposition of the Catholic Church, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been a fierce supporter of the bill and helped it pass. Now, same-sex couples in Italy can legalize their partnerships, yet religious same-sex unions are still banned even for denominations who are supportive of the LGBT community. The law will allow...

Science is on its way to give same-sex couples the possibility to have children genetically related to both parents. A study conducted by the geneticists at George Washington University in the US says that this could be possible through a new fertilization technique. The technique is using stem cells to create gametes (sex cells) - a man cell will be transformed into an egg and a woman's egg will be transformed into a sperm cell. The technique called in vitro gametogenesis was not used on...

While the supporters of “family values” and the right wing conservatives are freely attempting to dismantle the existence of same-sex parents, studies are showing fuel for the opposing arguments. Without stepping on a soap box and preaching a belief system, neutral entities have come out in support of same sex parenting with factual data that cannot be dismissed. Some of the following issues are clearly fuel for the defense of same sex parenting, and even document its equality, and...

Ireland has become the first country to legalize same-sex civil marriage by popular vote, with 62.1 percent in favor of the legal union between two people "without distinction as to their sex." This happened in May at a Referendum that has written another page in the history of the LGBT community. But today the law came into effect, and same-sex couples of the Republic of Ireland can now get married. The law recognizes same-sex marriages that were legalized abroad immediately, and...

Citizens spent nearly $800 million on same-sex marriage events for six LGBT months, and the tax payments equal to $52 million. After the US Supreme Court decision in June 2015 concerning the equality of marriage, 96,000 same-sex weddings were registered all over the country over period of time. Experts from the University of California made conclusions concerning the positive impact of the Supreme Court of the US verdict on the country's economy. So, 96,000 gay weddings ensured the creation of nearly 10 000 new...

Despite the fact that these certificates don’t have any legal power, they offer a number of benefits for gay couples. The first certificates were issued in two districts of Tokyo Shibuya and Setagaya on Thursday. They officially confirm same-sex partnerships. It is a big step forward for the Japanese gay couples, whose relationships are still considered taboo. Before the Japanese lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) stayed in the shadows, but now they got a chance to assert their rights. For the...

The story behind Nino Esposito and Drew Bosee's attempts to become legally married is a sad reminder of the journey many older gay and lesbian people have been on in their lifetimes. Approaching their twilight years, Nino, 78 and Drew, 68, worried that because same sex marriage was still illegal in Pennsylvania, US, they would have no rights or benefits enjoyed by other straight couples. In the case of inheritance rights and other benefits, this was particularly worrying for them...

sGay marriage was legalized and signed into Irish law on Thursday 29th of October. It finally happened after several months of delay. The Presidential Commission of Ireland including the Chief Justice, the chair of the House of Representatives and the chair of the Senate endorsed the legislation in place of President Michael Higgins, who now is on a visit to the U.S.A. “A defining moment has been reached in our development as a nation and together we are sending out a...

Gay parents are bad parents. It isn’t actually true! The recent investigation on this topic gave absolutely opposite results. huffingtonpost.com Same-sex parents in comparison to heterosexual parents devote more time to their children. These are the results of a new study that examined whether there are some grounds for bias against same-sex couples raising kids. thedailybeast.com The researchers of the Center for Demographic Studies at the University of Texas found out that lesbian couples devote 40% more time to their children than heterosexual parents. It...