This Homocentric Role Play is meant to serve as an example of some of the kinds of uniformed and anti-gay questions, assumptions and behaviors that clinicians and lay people alike often impose on same-sex couples—the catch is, however, that it is in reverse—meaning that the role play is done with a mock heterosexual couple and from a homocentric lens. The homocentric lens means that the therapist is taking the stance that the default setting of society is homosexual so the role play is a projection of this point of view.

Air Force leaders are concerned about the well-being of airmen's families, but are the programs set up for their benefit doing enough? To find out the answers to this and other issues, the Air Force asked RAND to survey the spouses of active-duty airmen. The main concerns related to children, finances, employment, and the effects of moves and deployment. By and large, however, the families were satisfied with Air Force life.

Child Trends analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Results of our analyses indicate that young adult relationships are fairly diverse; that these relationships have both positive and negative dimensions; and that partner and relationship characteristics and patterns of contraceptive use vary considerably by relationship type, gender, and race/ethnicity.