Same Sex-Marriage Weddings

The studies conducted used a wide array of individuals, brother-sister, brother-brother and twins. Throughout the article, majority of the focus caters to homosexual men in relation and comparison to

We have all seen the classic television scene, where a happy family consisting of one mother, one father, and two children is hovered around a table or a couch. Although still prominent, this scene is becoming less common nowadays as more families become non-traditional. More families than ever are consisting of one mother and children, one father and children, grandparents and children, and even two mothers or two fathers and children. These households, although not what most people consider a normal household, are becoming more common and regular in today’s society. Homosexual parents and families are indeed different from more traditional families, but not for the worse. This trend is not increasing

The purpose of this essay is to give a clear understanding of gay and lesbian families. This essay will discuss relative information and problems of this client group focusing on the demographic, history, polices, issues faced by the group as well as relevant support groups and programs available. This essay will discuss these topics by drawing on existing published scholarly literature and relevant, credible published sources. The second part of this essay will be a reflection of an event that relates to the LGBTIQA Community. This reflection will discuss the event as well as thoughts and feeling of a participant in the event. For the purpose of this essay Gay and lesbian will be defined as “A person who is attracted primarily to members of the same sex. Although it can be used for any sex e.g. gay man, gay woman, gay person, “lesbian” is sometimes the preferred term for women who are attracted to women.” ("LGBT Terms and Definitions | International Spectrum", 2016).

According to the author, intersectional friendships challenge a variety of social norms. Previous research shows that straight people who are in contact with gay men and lesbians have a favorable attitude towards them; this favorable attitude is meant as in acceptance, not tolerance. Furthermore, most of the dyad friendships interviewed were very close friends, if not best friends. In multiple cases, the gay man was often incorporated into the straight woman’s family. The straight women offer to be a surrogate mother before they themselves are married and trying for children of her own. On the contrary, Muraco further explains the stereotype that all gay couples want children. Another way that these friendships are beneficial to the individual is that they provide great financial support for each other, which is usually a familial function.

This assumption was shown by lesbian couples disclosing their relationship from their families, which made relationship stronger than heterosexual relationships. Heterosexual relationships had their family and friends for support and made communication lines weak. Also, domestic roles were displayed in heterosexual relationship and women would become housewives. This caused communication problems in the heterosexual dual income because women made less to no money and this forced a power shift. The less money the person made in a heterosexual relationship the less power. Within, the lesbian relationships friendships were forty-three percent of their support system and family was thirteen percent. The results presented showed that two out of four hypothesis lesbian dual income couples had greater domestic communication. The two hypothesis that revealed this was domestic communication and career women the others did not show significant differences. Heterosexual dual income couples received less communication about domestic chores and less social support than lesbian dual income couples. Therefore, lesbian dual income couples focus on support of equality instead of segregation in more domestic heterosexual relationships. In order for participants in this experiment to qualify both spouse had to hold only a full-time job receiving income and also, be in a fully committed

Same-sex couples report having less family support than heterosexual couples, this doesn’t appear to be completely to do with estrangement from family of origin, rather many couples contend with family relationships that are difficult and stressful (Rostosky et al., 2004). “Rarely do same-sex couples enjoy immediate, consistent, and pervasive emotional support and acceptance upon disclosure of their relationship to their families of origin” (Rostosky et al., 2004). Many theorists believe the coming out stage is necessary in the development of a healthy identity. The coming out stage often is a time of great stress as individuals anticipate the reactions of their family of origin. Rostosky’s (2004) research indicates that same sex couples perceived support from family of origin no matter how tenuous has a powerful impact on same- sex couple, even after the initial

Pfeffer(2010)decided to address the hot topic of same-sex relationships and move to a more sensitive section that is not usually studied. Pfeffer (2010) researched marriages with transgender and transsexual men. Her research included stories and experience from 50 women married to transgender and transsexual males. These cases were obviously studied to compare a standard heterosexual marriage to a marriage when one of the partners is transgender or transsexual. This author wanted to cover a topic that is not well-known, she gave a different kind of people a voice and she made a general statement for this population of people. These wives explained how their households work, from political views to basic emotional

I think the changes in family has to do with how families have changed to now recognize families of same sex couples. This is a huge leap from the 1950’s model of a nuclear family of husband, wife, and their children (New York University Department of Sociology, 2013). Society as a

Weeks, Jefferey, Brian Heaphy and Catherine Donovan. “The Lesbian and Gay Family. The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. Scott, Jacqueline et al. Eds., Blackwell Publishing, 2004, pp.340-355.

Brashier, Hughes, and Cook pointed out there is a difference between lesbian and heterosexual couples. The want to measure the wellbeing, social support, and satisfaction of dual income couples that is either lesbian or heterosexual. There are not a lot of previous studies on this subject, but they found that heterosexual women tend to do all the household chores, while lesbian households divide the chores. Lesbian women experienced less conflict than heterosexual women. Friends are more important than family for lesbian couples, but it’s the other way around for heterosexual couples. The hypothesis for this is that lesbians who have dual incomes would experience greater domestic communication than heterosexual women in dual income

Families headed by gay and lesbian parents are just as diverse as families led by heterosexual couples (Thompson 36). The only difference in these families is

The proposed legalization of same-sex marriage is one of the most significant issues in contemporary American family law. As a heavily campaigned development currently discussed in law assessment; these extremely confrontational and debatable political questions are facing present day American courts. If same-sex marriage is legalized, its affect on the parents, children, same sex couples, families, and the social and political world will be astronomical. The arguments surrounding the issue though confrontational nonetheless are easily seen from a wide array of perspectives. One of the perspectives states that marriage is a promise to a spouse to stay loyal and faithful in all

Homosexuality is a status of sexual fascination or sexual behavior between two same-sex people(Wikipedia 2017). In other words, it is the loving or sexual relationship of two people having the same gender. Homosexuality, similar to heterosexuality and bisexuality, it is the sexual direction which “ refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes” and “ refers to a person’s sense of identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions” ( Sexual orientation and homosexuality 2013).

For years and years, homosexuals have fought for the right to marry their loved one. It has been looked down upon, called immoral, sinful, and deeds of the devil, but that is not the way it is seen by those who support or engage in it. Supporters view marriage as the union of two individuals who love each other. They no longer see it as the concept of "traditional marriage". They believe traditional marriage has changed over time, and that the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman is historically inaccurate (should

Imagine if you had a child love someone who has same sex and wanted you to accept their love for each other by being at their wedding. Would you attend the wedding? Some would say yes; however, others would say no. Why would they say “No”? Because marriage has been traditionally defined as a religious and legal commitment between a man and a woman.