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Family formation and raising children among same-sex couples

by Gary Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law

U.S. Census Bureau data suggests that the demographic characteristics of same-sex couples raising children are substantially more diverse than the predominant subjects of scholarly research and media images of lesbian and gay parenting.

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