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Gates, Gary J. – Future of Children, 2015
Though estimates vary, as many as 2 million to 3.7 million U.S. children under age 18 may have a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parent, and about 200,000 are being raised by same-sex couples. Much of the past decade's legal and political debate over allowing same-sex couples to marry has centered on these couples' suitability as parents,…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Marriage, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity
Smith, David M.; Gates, Gary J. – 2001
This report presents information from the 2000 United States Census on gay and lesbian families. It notes that the 2000 numbers for same-sex unmarried partner households are a dramatic increase from 1990, but the total number still represents an undercount of the actual number of gay or lesbian coupled households in the country. The Human Rights…
Descriptors: Demography, Family (Sociological Unit), Homosexuality, Place of Residence