Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of how the legal and cultural debates and advances and limitations on same-sex marriage are experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people, same-sex couples, and their social networks. Using data collected from hundreds of GLBT people, same-sex couples, and their social networks over the past decade, the book examines the following topics: same-sex marriages' impact on how GLBT individuals view their relationships and community; same-sex couples' decision making regarding whether to marry or not; the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their families-of-origin regarding same-sex marriage; the same-sex marriage experiences of understudied members of the GLBT community; and the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their social networks in locations with restrictions against legally recognized same-sex marriage. These findings are examined through the lens of the social scientific study of relations
Table of ContentsContents: Legally Recognized Same-sex Marriage as a New Relational Context – Should We Get Hitched? Same-sex Couples Deciding to Marry or Not – Same-sex Marriage, Couples, and Families – Same-sex Marriage Experiences of Understudied Members of the GLBT Community – When Banns Are Banned: Experiences of Same-sex Marriage Prohibitions.
