Same-sex relationship

Happy couple
A same-sex male couple at Pride in London

A same-sex relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex.[1][2] Same-sex marriage refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil unions may exist in countries where same-sex marriage does not.

The term same-sex relationship is not strictly related to the sexual orientation of the participants. As people of any orientation may participate in same-sex relationships (particularly depending on the legal, social and scientific definition of sex), some activists argue that referring to a same-sex relationship as a "gay relationship" or a "lesbian relationship" is a form of bisexual erasure.[3][4]

  1. ^ Debra Umberson; Thomeer, Mieke Beth; Kroeger, Rhiannon A.; Lodge, Amy Caroline; Xu, Minle (2015). "Challenges and Opportunities for Research on Same-Sex Relationships". Journal of Marriage and the Family. 77 (1): 96–111. doi:10.1111/jomf.12155. ISSN 0022-2445. PMC 4294225. PMID 25598552.
  2. ^ Frost, David M.; Meyer, Ilan H.; Hammack, Phillip L. (2015). "Health and Well-Being in Emerging Adults' Same-Sex Relationships: Critical Questions and Directions for Research in Developmental Science". Emerging Adulthood (Print). 3 (1): 3–13. doi:10.1177/2167696814535915. ISSN 2167-6968. PMC 5004769. PMID 27588221.
  3. ^ Besen, Wayne (January 30, 2012). "Cynthia Nixon Did Not Choose to be Gay". Truth Wins Out. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Cynthia Nixon: Technically, I'm a Bisexual Who Has Chosen To Be In A Gay Relationship". towleroad.com. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.