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When Gender Differences Don’T Organize Process: Studying Same Sex Couples, Naveen Jonathan
When Gender Differences Don’T Organize Process: Studying Same Sex Couples, Naveen Jonathan
Marriage and Family Therapy Faculty Presentations
Reflects on a study of same-sex couples and the amount of equality between partners in their relationships.
Poverty In The Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Community, Randy Albelda, M.V. Lee Badgett, Alyssa Schneebaum, Gary J. Gates
Poverty In The Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Community, Randy Albelda, M.V. Lee Badgett, Alyssa Schneebaum, Gary J. Gates
Center for Social Policy Publications
In 2007, 12.5% of Americans were officially counted as poor by the United States Census Bureau. People from every region, race, age, and sex are counted among our nation’s poor, where ―poor‖ is defined as living in a family with an income below the federal poverty level. In contrast, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people are invisible in these poverty statistics. This report undertakes the first analysis of the poor and low-income lesbian, gay, and bisexual population. The social and policy context of LGB life provides many reasons to think that LGB people are at least as likely—and perhaps more …