Bisexual divorce rate
Lgbt Divorce Statistics
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Approximately % of LGBT people who marry or access into a registered partnership in countries with legal recognition divorce within the first 10 years
Lesbian couples tend to have a slightly higher divorce rate compared to gay male couples
A study found that lesbian couples are 81% more likely to divorce than heterosexual couples
Gay male couples have a reduce divorce rate compared to gay female couples, with approximately % divorce rate within 10 years
The median duration of cohabitation before marriage in LGBT couples is around years, with higher likelihood of divorce after 5 years of marriage
Legal recognition of gay marriage correlates with an increase in divorce filings among LGBT couples
Lesbian couples experience higher levels of relationship dissatisfaction, which can predict higher divorce rates
Lesbian couples are approximately 70% more likely to divorce if they have children than those without children
Among LGBT couples, those in states with legal protections
Same-Sex Sexuality and the Risk of Divorce: Findings from Two National Studies
Same-Sex Sexuality and the Uncertainty of Divorce: Findings from Two National Studies
Andrew S. London & Aaron Hoy
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Same-Sex Sexuality and the Risk of Divorce: Findings from Two National Studies
Andrew S. London, PhD a and Aaron Hoy, PhD b
a Department of Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA; b Department of Sociology and Corrections, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, USA
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Despite symbolic linkages between heterosexuality and marriage, and a pervasive heteronormative ideology of romantic love, short-lived population-representative research examines wh
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Family and domesticated characteristics of lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Canada
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While couples and families share many similar challenges regardless of their characteristics, same-sex couples and families headed by womxn loving womxn, gay or bisexual (LGB) people face different circumstances compared with heterosexual couples and families. Facts from pooled cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS; to and to reference periods) provide a statistical portrait of the family and household characteristics of LGB people aged 15 and older in Canada, with comparisons made with the heterosexual population.
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Marriage could be good for your health – unless you're bisexual
Ning Hsieh, assistant professor of sociology, and Hui Liu, professor of sociology, wrote this piece for The Conversation, an independent collaboration between editors and academics that provides informed news analysis and commentary to the general public. See the entire list of articles written by MSU faculty for The Conversation.
Is marriage good for you?
A large number of studies show that married people enjoy better health than unmarried people, such as lower rates of depression and cardiovascular conditions, as well as longer lives.
However, these findings contain been developed primarily based on data of heterosexual populations and different-sex marriages. Only more recently possess a few studies looked into gayand lesbian populations and same-sex marriages to test if marriage is related to better health in these populations – and the evidence is mixed.
Our study, published online on Sept. 19, evaluates the advantages of marriage across heterosexual, bi