This is a history of same-sex unions in cultures around the world. Various types of same-sex unions have existed, ranging from informal, unsanctioned, and temporary relationships to highly ritualized unions that have included marriage.

Same-sex marriage: Same-sex marriage, the practice of marriage between two men or between two women. Although same-sex marriage has been regulated through law, religion, and custom in most countries of the world, the legal and social responses have ranged from celebration to criminalization.

References. L., Marks, “Same-sex parenting and ren’s outcomes: A closer examination of the American Psychological Association’s brief on lesbian and gay parenting,” Social Science Research (2012), 748.

Same-Sex Attractions in Youth and their Right to Informed Consent Richard Fitzgibbons. Youth have the right to be provided about the medical and psychological risks associated with the homosexual lifestyle by parents, pediatricians, mental health professionals, college counselors, educators and clergy.

Feb 12, 2015 · The new research is timely, because the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on same-sex marriage this spring, and last time it looked at this issue, in 2013, questions arose about the impact of gay marriage on ren.

Marriage FAQ’s. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. En Español. 1) The Meaning of Marriage & Sexual Difference 1. Marriage: What’s a good starting point?

Apr 15, 2016 · Dr. Nanette Gartrell, one of the study’s authors, said the aim was to do a real population-based, apples to apples comparison.”It is the only study to compare same-sex and different-sex parent households with stable, continuously coupled parents and their biological offspring,” said Gartrell.

Same-sex marriage in the United States was initially established on a state-by-state basis, expanding from 1 state in 2004 to 36 states in 2015, when, on June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage was established in all 50 states as a result of the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in the landmark civil rights case of Obergefell v.

A same-sex relationship is a potential form of relationship in The Sims series. Players have been able to create same-sex relationships since the original game, but the way the game has treated these relationships has changed over time.

May 11, 2012 · The Supreme Court gave proponents of same-sex marriage two major victories in 2013 — striking down parts of the Defense of Marriage Act.