During Pride Month, Same-Sex Couples Talk About Their Amazing Relationships

Jan 18, 2017 · For much of history, homosexuality has been hidden away—if not in closets then in the privacy of people’s homes. Because of social stigma or cruel punishment, people were unable to live their lives openly. Yet history is littered with people who have formed strong same-sex relationships, whether

Summary: The Bible describes three emotionally close relationships between two people of the same gender. They appear to have progressed well beyond a casual friendship.

Those in a same-sex marriage are to be considered apostates.

Same-sex marriage laws differ from state to state. Read about the history of same-sex marriage and which states currently allow it.

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.

Societal attitudes towards same-sex relationships have varied over time and place, from expecting all males to engage in same-sex relationships, to casual integration, through acceptance, to seeing the practice as a sin, repressing it through law enforcement and judicial mechanisms, and to proscribing it under penalty of death.

A new question about citizenship on the 2020 census form is in the headlines these days, but the U.S. Census Bureau also plans other changes for the next national count. Among them: For the first time, the agency will add specific check boxes for same-sex couples to identify themselves, and it will

Oliari and Others v. Italy: a stepping stone towards full legal recognition of same-sex relationships in Europe

Lesbian, gay, & bisexual topics All about gay marriages: (a.k.a. same-sex marriages & SSM), civil unions, & domestic partnerships).