Sexual Dis-Orientation: Transgendered People and Same-Sex Marriage

Same sex, same skills? Sexual orientation and human capital investments in marriage markets

Gay men and lesbians work less and earn less in the labor market than heterosexual men, but work more and earn more than heterosexual women. Same-sex couples share market work more equally and have fewer children than different-sex couples. This paper identifies marriage markets as a theoretical source of these differences. The paper characterizes marital matching and pre-marital human capital ...

California Supreme Court Rules for Same-sex Marriage; Declares Sexual Orientation a “suspect Classification”

Traditionalism, Pluralism, and Same-Sex Marriage

The Political Divide Over Same-Sex Marriage

Although support for same-sex marriage has grown dramatically over the past decade, public opinion remains markedly divided. Here, we propose that the political divide over same-sex marriage represents a deeper divide between conflicting mating strategies. Specifically, we propose that opposition to same-sex marriage can be explained in terms of (a) individual differences in short-term mating o...

HIV among transgendered people.

This study explores HIV status and HIV-related risk factors among transgendered people. A needs assessment survey developed with the help of transgendered people was used to conduct face-to-face interviews with 81 transgendered persons, 49 male-to-females (MTFs) and 32 female-to-males (FTMs). The findings indicate that HIV/AIDS is a serious health concern facing the transgender community. The m...