1st Edition

The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality

Edited By Aaron Hoy Copyright 2022
312 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

312 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. Prior to marriage equality, lawmakers and activists across... Read more

1. From the Political to the Personal: LGBT People and Their Relationships in the Era of Marriage Equality – An Introduction

Aaron Hoy

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

Claire Kamp Dush and Wendy Manning

3. Same-Sex Marriage in Canada: An Update

Hilary A. Rose

4. Marital Status Among Transgender Individuals in the US

Andrew S. London

5. Doing It for the Kids? Motivations to Marry and Perceived Effects of Marriage Among Lesbian and Gay Parents

Abbie E. Goldberg

6. LGB People’s Personal Ambitions and Political Attitudes Toward Marriage

Anna Bailey

Being Married: How Do LGBT People Approach and Experience Marital Relationships?

7. Support for Same-Sex Marriage: Families, Friends, Communities, and the Wedding Industry

Áine Humble

8. Gender Transition and Same-Sex Marriage: A Qualitative Consideration

Andrew S. London, Carrie Elliott, Rebecca Wang, Tre Wentling, and Natalee Simpson

9. "It Feels Like We’re Together as a Team": Communal Orientations Among Married Gay Men and Lesbians

Aaron Hoy

10. The Influence of Marriage and (Non)Monogamy Agreements on Relationship Quality in LGBT Relationships

Stephen M. Haas and Pamela Lannutti

11. Married Lesbians and Gay Men: How They Get Along with Their In-Laws

Judith Leitch and Geoffrey Greif

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

Brian G. Ogolsky, TeKisha M. Rice, J. Kale Monk, and Ramona Faith Oswald

13. Marriage and Political Engagement Across Sexual Identities

Eric Swank

14. Exploring the Social Security Benefit Implications of Same-Sex Marriage

Michael S. Pollard and Italo Lopez-Garcia

15. Language Use and the Social Affordances of Marriage: An Exploration of the Experiences of Cisgender Gay Men

Nikki DiGregorio

Biography

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.