Abstract. Lbian and gay male upl formalize romantic partnerships at different rat. The rat differ differently pendg on natnal ntext, wh fe
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GAY MARRIAGE V CIVIL PARTNERSHIP: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Lbian and gay male upl formalize romantic partnerships at different rat.
Ntexts, while gay male partnerships exceed lbian partnerships some European ntexts, and rough pary is reached Canada. Each of the explanatns sheds some light on how equaly, genr, and natnal ntext shape the dividual ndns and experience of lbian and gay life.
In their cross-natnal parison of relatnship regnn schem Europe, the Uned Stat, and Canada, Kzger and Wilkson (2004) illtrate that not only do varied civil partnership forms generally not provi the same range of rights and protectns that marriage do (their shortgs clu lack of spoal immigratn rights, spoal pensn provisns after ath, full adoptn rights, and tax benefs), but that even where civil partnerships are claimed to be fully equivalent legally, the symbolic nial of marriage stat renrs them a send-class form of aquacy of relatnship-regnn schem for same-sex upl and the fact that relatnship regnn self will not alleviate all the forms of discrimatn faced by lbians and gay men and their fai help to expla why same-sex upl do not accs formal regnn of their relatnships at the same rat as different-sex upl. However, drawg on survey data om California, they found that e affected the likelihood of formalized partnership only among gay men, wh higher e creasg the likelihood that gay men would be a registered domtic partnership. 8 percent of gay male participants).