At one stage, I had a special tray my study to which to throw all my lbian weddg vatns. This was around December 2005, when lbian and gay upl uld first sign a civil partnership agreement, providg legal protectn cludg a basis for next-of-k and herance rights. Although the law still did not allow
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- LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEMARE WE JT WIRED THIS WAY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017/11:35 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGCIVIL PARTNERSHIP LBIAN DIVORCE KEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017 / 11:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVE AND SEX, OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT ENGAGED WHEN I WAS 25. I HAD BEEN DATG MY GIRLIEND FOR LS THAN A YEAR AND WE ALREADY LIVED TOGETHER. THE PROPOSAL SURPRISED ME—I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BUT "Y," BEE THAT'S JT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN SUDNLY EVERYONE WAS ASKG WHEN THE WEDDG WAS AND I WAS MARRIED BY 27 (LEGALLY, IOWA, ONE OF FEW STAT THAT ALLOWED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AT THE TIME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE 27 SEEMS LIKE A TOTALLY NORMAL AGE TO GET MARRIED—MY MOM HAD ME AT 27—BUT NSIRG I'D SENTIALLY SHED TO , WASN'T IAL FOR ME. AND SO, UNSURPRISGLY, END DIVORCE. A NEW STUDY OM THE UNED KGDOM OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS (ONS) SUGGTS I WAS SOMETHG OF A TRENDSETTER.GETTY IMAGSIMPLE GAY/LBIAN MARRIAGE GRAPHIC WH TWO FEMALE STICK FIGUR HOLDG HANDS WH TWO WEDDG RGS SI A THOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARRIAGE EQUALY ME TO THE UK MARCH 2014: THREE MONTHS LATER, THERE WERE 1,409 SAME-SEX MARRIAG, 56% (796) OF WHICH WERE WOMEN. BY 2015, 22 OF THOSE UPL BROKE UP. BUT 2016, THE NUMBER OF DIVORC LEAPED TO 112, MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF WHICH (87) WERE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST MON REASON FOR THOSE SPLS WAS "UNREASONABLE BEHAVR"—WHICH N MEAN ANYTHG OM REFG TO GET A JOB TO BEG UNFAHFUL. BUT SOCLOGISTS BELIEVE THE HIGHER DIVORCE RATE AMONG LBIANS IS ED BY WOMEN HAVG HIGHER EXPECTATNS AND SHG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ME TO BRA, LBIAN UPL WERE NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY AS GAY MEN TO END A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP. OF THE 794 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED 2012, ALMOST 60% WERE BY FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR ANRSSON, PROFSOR OF MOGRAPHY AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSY, FOUND THE SAME TREND A 2013 STUDY OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS NORWAY, SWEN, AND DENMARK. QUEER WOMEN WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DISSOLVE THEIR SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS REFLECTS TRENDS A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE—BEE WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO SAY THEY WANT TO MARRY, BUT THEY’RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO IATE A DIVORCE," HE TOLD THE INPENNT. "WOMEN UALLY HAVE HIGHER MANDS ON RELATNSHIP QUALY, THAT’S [BEEN SHOWN] STUDI. EVEN IF YOU NTROL FOR AGE THERE IS STILL A TREND OF MORE WOMEN ENDG PARTNERSHIPS THAN MEN."WOMEN WH RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ADM I HAD HIGH EXPECTATNS FOR MY MARRIAGE, BUT I WASN'T THE LTLE GIRL WHO DREAMED OF A WHE DRS AND BIG FORMAL WEDDG. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN REALLY FANTASIZE ABOUT BEG SOMEONE'S WIFE. BUT DIDN'T I, A FEMIST LBIAN WHO DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO SOCIETY'S EXPECTATN OF WHAT A "WOMAN" SHOULD BE, WANT TO BE WANTED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SECURE ENOUGH (NOW, ANYWAY) TO ADM THAT ULD'VE BEEN A PART OF WHY I SAID "I DO." THE IA OF MARRIAGE WAS ROMANTIC, BUT THE REALY? NOT SO MUCH. AND AT 25 (OR 26, OR 27), I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GO TO BEG SOMEONE'S SPOE. BY THE TIME I DID, MY SIRE TO WANT TO BE THE RIGHT SUATN WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HONT FACT THAT JT WASN'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EX-WIFE WAS (AND PROBABLY STILL IS) FANTASTIC. SHE WAS A DREAM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT I DID. OUR NEWFOUND EEDOM TO MARRY GAVE A NEW DREAM TO ASPIRE TO. BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO CI IF WAS THE RIGHT DREAM FOR . (MY WIFE WAS SIGNIFINTLY OLR THAN ME. SHE ACHIEVED SOME MEASURE OF THE AMERIN DREAM—A SUCCSFUL REER, A HOE—AND THAT LIKELY FUELED HER SIRE TO TIE THE KNOT, TOO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A 2011 WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY FOUND THAT 134,000 SAME-SEX UPL THE U.S. (ABOUT 21%) WERE LEGALLY BOUND SOME WAY. OF THEM, 62% WERE WOMEN, EVEN THOUGH WOMEN MAKE UP JT 51% OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, THAT PERCENTAGE ROSE TO 64%. IN MASSACHETTS ALONE, THE FIRST STATE TO REGNIZE THE EEDOM TO MARRY, 75% OF GAY UPL TYG THE KNOT WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT HARD TO NNECT THE DOTS: MORE MARRIAGE MEAN MORE DIVORC. SO WHY ARE LADI SO HASTY TO SAY Y TO THE VT?GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE WE'RE SHG TO MARRIAGE BEE 'S FALLY AVAILABLE TO . BUT FOR QUEER WOMEN, MIGHT BE BEE WE'RE WIRED THAT WAY. IN LBIAN LOVE ADDICTN, LREN D. COSTE SUGGTS WOMEN FD FORT RELATNSHIPS BEE ONCE WE FD A NNECTN, WE FEEL A SH OF DOPAME AND OXYTOC. (LERALLY ALL THE FEELS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN DON'T EM OXYTOC THE SAME WAY," COSTE TOLD PSYCH CENTRAL. "THEREFORE, WHEN TWO WOMEN GET TOGETHER THE 'OXYFT' IS BEYOND TOXITG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM, OF URSE, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT CHEMIL SH WEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NOT YET GOOD DATA ON THE SAME-SEX DIVORCE AND DISSOLUTN RATE POST-OBERGEFELL V. HODG—AT LEAST NOT BY GENR. THE WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY DID FD THAT THE 19 STAT THAT GRANTED SOME KD OF LEGAL REGNN TO GAY UPL BETWEEN 1997 AND 2011, THE RATE FOR SAME-SEX SPLS WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER FOR SAME-SEX UPL THAN HETEROSEXUALS. (1.1% ON AVERAGE PARED TO 2%.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVORCE IS NEVER FUN (TAKE OM ME), BUT 'S LS EVABLE IF WE ENTER TO MARRIAGE WH PARTNERS WHO ARE REALLY RIGHT FOR , AND WHOM WE'RE REALLY RIGHT FOR. WE OWE TO OURSELV TO PUT THE WORK—OR EVEN MAKE PEACE WH SGLEHOOD—SO WE N STOP LG THE POCKETS OF DIVORCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M NOT SAYG LOWER YOUR EXPECTATNS OR HOLD OFF THE ALTAR FOREVER. JT TO NSIR HOW EASY IS TO BEE A ANOTHER STATISTIC STEAD OF HAPPILY EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE EQUALYLOVE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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- GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE
LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEMARE WE JT WIRED THIS WAY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017/11:35 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGCIVIL PARTNERSHIP LBIAN DIVORCE KEBY TRISH BENDIXOCTOBER 23, 2017 / 11:35 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LBIANS ARE GETTG DIVORCED AT AN ALARMG RATE. I WAS ONE OF THEM","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-10-23T15:35:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVE AND SEX, OPN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I GOT ENGAGED WHEN I WAS 25. I HAD BEEN DATG MY GIRLIEND FOR LS THAN A YEAR AND WE ALREADY LIVED TOGETHER. THE PROPOSAL SURPRISED ME—I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY BUT "Y," BEE THAT'S JT WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, RIGHT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN SUDNLY EVERYONE WAS ASKG WHEN THE WEDDG WAS AND I WAS MARRIED BY 27 (LEGALLY, IOWA, ONE OF FEW STAT THAT ALLOWED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AT THE TIME).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE 27 SEEMS LIKE A TOTALLY NORMAL AGE TO GET MARRIED—MY MOM HAD ME AT 27—BUT NSIRG I'D SENTIALLY SHED TO , WASN'T IAL FOR ME. AND SO, UNSURPRISGLY, END DIVORCE. A NEW STUDY OM THE UNED KGDOM OFFICE FOR NATNAL STATISTICS (ONS) SUGGTS I WAS SOMETHG OF A TRENDSETTER.GETTY IMAGSIMPLE GAY/LBIAN MARRIAGE GRAPHIC WH TWO FEMALE STICK FIGUR HOLDG HANDS WH TWO WEDDG RGS SI A THOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARRIAGE EQUALY ME TO THE UK MARCH 2014: THREE MONTHS LATER, THERE WERE 1,409 SAME-SEX MARRIAG, 56% (796) OF WHICH WERE WOMEN. BY 2015, 22 OF THOSE UPL BROKE UP. BUT 2016, THE NUMBER OF DIVORC LEAPED TO 112, MORE THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF WHICH (87) WERE LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOST MON REASON FOR THOSE SPLS WAS "UNREASONABLE BEHAVR"—WHICH N MEAN ANYTHG OM REFG TO GET A JOB TO BEG UNFAHFUL. BUT SOCLOGISTS BELIEVE THE HIGHER DIVORCE RATE AMONG LBIANS IS ED BY WOMEN HAVG HIGHER EXPECTATNS AND SHG TO A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN BEFORE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ME TO BRA, LBIAN UPL WERE NEARLY TWICE AS LIKELY AS GAY MEN TO END A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP. OF THE 794 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED 2012, ALMOST 60% WERE BY FEMALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUNNAR ANRSSON, PROFSOR OF MOGRAPHY AT STOCKHOLM UNIVERSY, FOUND THE SAME TREND A 2013 STUDY OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS NORWAY, SWEN, AND DENMARK. QUEER WOMEN WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO DISSOLVE THEIR SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THIS REFLECTS TRENDS A HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE—BEE WOMEN ARE MORE PRONE TO SAY THEY WANT TO MARRY, BUT THEY’RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO IATE A DIVORCE," HE TOLD THE INPENNT. "WOMEN UALLY HAVE HIGHER MANDS ON RELATNSHIP QUALY, THAT’S [BEEN SHOWN] STUDI. EVEN IF YOU NTROL FOR AGE THERE IS STILL A TREND OF MORE WOMEN ENDG PARTNERSHIPS THAN MEN."WOMEN WH RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I ADM I HAD HIGH EXPECTATNS FOR MY MARRIAGE, BUT I WASN'T THE LTLE GIRL WHO DREAMED OF A WHE DRS AND BIG FORMAL WEDDG. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T EVEN REALLY FANTASIZE ABOUT BEG SOMEONE'S WIFE. BUT DIDN'T I, A FEMIST LBIAN WHO DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO SOCIETY'S EXPECTATN OF WHAT A "WOMAN" SHOULD BE, WANT TO BE WANTED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M SECURE ENOUGH (NOW, ANYWAY) TO ADM THAT ULD'VE BEEN A PART OF WHY I SAID "I DO." THE IA OF MARRIAGE WAS ROMANTIC, BUT THE REALY? NOT SO MUCH. AND AT 25 (OR 26, OR 27), I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH WORK GO TO BEG SOMEONE'S SPOE. BY THE TIME I DID, MY SIRE TO WANT TO BE THE RIGHT SUATN WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HONT FACT THAT JT WASN'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EX-WIFE WAS (AND PROBABLY STILL IS) FANTASTIC. SHE WAS A DREAM FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SETTLE DOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT I DID. OUR NEWFOUND EEDOM TO MARRY GAVE A NEW DREAM TO ASPIRE TO. BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO CI IF WAS THE RIGHT DREAM FOR . (MY WIFE WAS SIGNIFINTLY OLR THAN ME. SHE ACHIEVED SOME MEASURE OF THE AMERIN DREAM—A SUCCSFUL REER, A HOE—AND THAT LIKELY FUELED HER SIRE TO TIE THE KNOT, TOO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A 2011 WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY FOUND THAT 134,000 SAME-SEX UPL THE U.S. (ABOUT 21%) WERE LEGALLY BOUND SOME WAY. OF THEM, 62% WERE WOMEN, EVEN THOUGH WOMEN MAKE UP JT 51% OF SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS. THREE YEARS LATER, THAT PERCENTAGE ROSE TO 64%. IN MASSACHETTS ALONE, THE FIRST STATE TO REGNIZE THE EEDOM TO MARRY, 75% OF GAY UPL TYG THE KNOT WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NOT HARD TO NNECT THE DOTS: MORE MARRIAGE MEAN MORE DIVORC. SO WHY ARE LADI SO HASTY TO SAY Y TO THE VT?GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE WE'RE SHG TO MARRIAGE BEE 'S FALLY AVAILABLE TO . BUT FOR QUEER WOMEN, MIGHT BE BEE WE'RE WIRED THAT WAY. IN LBIAN LOVE ADDICTN, LREN D. COSTE SUGGTS WOMEN FD FORT RELATNSHIPS BEE ONCE WE FD A NNECTN, WE FEEL A SH OF DOPAME AND OXYTOC. (LERALLY ALL THE FEELS.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MEN DON'T EM OXYTOC THE SAME WAY," COSTE TOLD PSYCH CENTRAL. "THEREFORE, WHEN TWO WOMEN GET TOGETHER THE 'OXYFT' IS BEYOND TOXITG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PROBLEM, OF URSE, IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT CHEMIL SH WEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S NOT YET GOOD DATA ON THE SAME-SEX DIVORCE AND DISSOLUTN RATE POST-OBERGEFELL V. HODG—AT LEAST NOT BY GENR. THE WILLIAMS INSTUTE STUDY DID FD THAT THE 19 STAT THAT GRANTED SOME KD OF LEGAL REGNN TO GAY UPL BETWEEN 1997 AND 2011, THE RATE FOR SAME-SEX SPLS WAS ACTUALLY SLIGHTLY LOWER FOR SAME-SEX UPL THAN HETEROSEXUALS. (1.1% ON AVERAGE PARED TO 2%.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIVORCE IS NEVER FUN (TAKE OM ME), BUT 'S LS EVABLE IF WE ENTER TO MARRIAGE WH PARTNERS WHO ARE REALLY RIGHT FOR , AND WHOM WE'RE REALLY RIGHT FOR. WE OWE TO OURSELV TO PUT THE WORK—OR EVEN MAKE PEACE WH SGLEHOOD—SO WE N STOP LG THE POCKETS OF DIVORCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'M NOT SAYG LOWER YOUR EXPECTATNS OR HOLD OFF THE ALTAR FOREVER. JT TO NSIR HOW EASY IS TO BEE A ANOTHER STATISTIC STEAD OF HAPPILY EVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE EQUALYLOVE AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Acrdg to the data provid by the DMV, 2019 approximately 15% of gay marriag end divorce Heterosexuals have an 18% rate. * lgbt divorce rates *
But soclogists believe the higher divorce rate among lbians is ed by women havg higher expectatns and shg to a before same-sex marriage me to Bra, lbian upl were nearly twice as likely as gay men to end a civil partnership.
WHY LBIAN UPL ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIVORCE THAN GAY ON
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In Massachetts alone, the first state to regnize the eedom to marry, 75% of gay upl tyg the knot were 's not hard to nnect the dots: More marriage mean more divorc. The Williams Instute study did fd that the 19 stat that granted some kd of legal regnn to gay upl between 1997 and 2011, the rate for same-sex spls was actually slightly lower for same-sex upl than heterosexuals.
Hodg legalized gay marriage natnwi, cludg the 14 stat that did not prevly allow gays and lbians to wed. Adults (37%) favored allowg gays and lbians to wed 2009, a share that rose to 62% 2017. For stance, 45% of adults the Silent Generatn (those born between 1928 and 1945) favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, pared wh 74% of Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996).
HOW MANY GAY MARRIAG END IN DIVORCE?
Regardls of sexual orientatn, is important for an dividual to unrstand the differenc between gay divorce and straight divorce. * lgbt divorce rates *
4As wh the general public, Amerins who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) are most likely to ce love as a very important reason for gettg married. Is among 29 untri and jurisdictns that allow gay and lbian upl to wed. The first natn to legalize gay marriage was the Netherlands, which did so 2000.
Sce then, several other European untri – cludg England and Wal, France, Ireland, all of Sndavia, Spa and, most recently, Atria, Germany and Malta – have legalized gay marriage.
And May 2019, Taiwan beme the first untry Asia to allow gays and lbians to legally wed. Bra | Pri before a fallWhy lbian upl are more likely to divorce than gay onThe trials of same-sex marriageSARAH ALWAYS wanted to get married. By the end of 2018, 900 same-sex upl, of whom nearly three-quarters were female, had lbians than gay men get married, but the discrepancy divorce rat is much wir than that marriage rat.
21 AMAZG GAY MARRIAGE DIVORCE RATE STATISTICS
Gay men acunt for 44% of same-sex marriag the latt data, but make up only 26% of divorce.
The same trend crops up the Netherlands, the first untry to allow same-sex marriage: the ten years om 2005, 15% of gay marriag failed, pared wh 30% of lbian Power, one of the -founrs of Stonewall, a gay-rights chary, reckons part of the explanatn might be that lbians move quicker om first dat to marriage than gay men, then repent at leisure. Whatever the explanatn, Ms Vardag is most stck by the siari between her clients, gay or straight.
Harry and Meghan go privateStarmer, Long Bailey and the rt of the fieldThe prospects for revivg Northern Ireland’s ernmentThe g splurge on northern astctureNot jt HS2, but HS3Why lbian upl are more likely to divorce than gay onGert Himmelfarb and the polics of virtueFrom the January 11th 2020 ednDisver stori om this sectn and more the list of ntents Explore the edn. Signifintly higher than gay marriag. Lbian upl have higher divorce rat pared to gay male upl and heterosexual upl.
GAY DIVORCE AND STRAIGHT DIVORCE: THE DIFFERENCE
Acrdg to multiple studi, lbian upl have a slightly higher divorce rate than gay male upl but still lower than heterosexual upl. Divorce rate: While the divorce rate is lower for same-sex upl llectively, is important to differentiate between lbian upl, gay upl, and heterosexual upl.
Gay (Male). In the UK, specifilly England, divorce rat for lbian upl appear to be higher than those of gay male upl.