Many Brons have changed their mds on gay marriage

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE: 15,000 SAME-SEX UPL WED SCE LAW CHANGE
• GAY RIGHTS 50 YEARS ON: 10 WAYS WHICH THE UK HAS CHANGED
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

GAY MARRIAGE: 15,000 SAME-SEX UPL WED SCE LAW CHANGE

Same-sex marriage beme legal jt after midnight on 29 March 2014, wh several upl optg to tie the knot moments source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Slightly more women have married pared to men - Tera Millward and Helen Brearley married on 29 March 2014Peter McGrah and David Cabreza married at 00:01 BST at Islgton Town Hall havg been together for 17 McGrah said: "I don't thk thgs have changed for many ways, we were already a long-term relatnship, we already had two kids, except the visibily of gay marriage across the world starts to make a difference. "There have always been gay men and lbians long-term relatnships that have que happily survived wh the ntext of fay and muny, but the law ught up wh the existence, and I'm hopg other untri legislatn n give people a chance. "He add: "Gay men and lbians don't want to be fed or nstraed by notns of 'tradnal' marriage, but the troductn of marriage equaly around the world is a signifier of a kd of progrs for sexual mori.

"Media ptn, Peter McGrah and David Cabreza, John Coffey and Bernardo Marti, and Andrew Wale and Neil Allard were among the first gay upl to marryThe ONS said the most popular month to get married so far had been Augt 2014 wh 844 marriag. Stland legalised the nventn December 2014 wh the first gay weddgs takg place on Hogmanay. LONDON (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - The number of same-sex upl livg together Bra has jumped by more than 50 percent three years, driven by a big surge gay marriage, acrdg to official were 232, 000 same-sex upl livg together last year, up om 152, 000 2015, the Office for Natnal Statistics (ONS) biggt rise has been among married upl, who acunted for almost 30% of all same-sex upl livg together 2018, pared wh ls than 10% marriag have been legal sce 2014.

GAY RIGHTS 50 YEARS ON: 10 WAYS WHICH THE UK HAS CHANGED

The proportn intifyg as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) creased om 1. Statistician’s ment“People their late teens and early twenti are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than olr age groups.

2 ln people) intified themselv as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) 2018; this is prised of 1. 4% intifyg as gay or lbian and 0.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018.

Download this chart Figure 1: A lower proportn of people intified as heterosexual and a higher proportn intified as lbian, gay or bisexual 2018. 9%) intified as gay or lbian (Figure 2).

This reprents a ntuatn of a trend that has been observed back to 2014, where a higher proportn of men than women intify as gay or lbian and a higher proportn of women than men intify as bisexual. Figure 2: Men were more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women were more likely to intify as bisexual. Lbian, gay or bisexual populatn by sex, UK, 2018.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

Download this chart Figure 2: Men were more likely to intify as gay or lbian, while women were more likely to intify as bisexual. In 2018, people aged 16 to 24 years were more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) than other age groups. A possible reason for this pattern is that younger people uld be more likely to explore their sexualy bed wh more social acceptabily of different sexual inti and the abily to exprs the 3: Younger people are more likely to intify as lbian, gay or bisexual than olr age groupsLbian, gay or bisexual populatn by age and sex, UK, 2018 and UK populatn by age and sex, 2018.