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    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

    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]

    In history

    The lives of many historical figures, including

    construction of sexuality foreign to their times,[5] though others challenge this.[6][7]

    Forms

    Some contemporary studies have found that same-sex relationships can be broadly grouped into at least three categories, though there is no consensus regarding the categories, nor empirical metric which has, or could potentially be applied to strongly validate their existence:[8][9][10]

    Association Annotations See also
    Egalitarian
         		Features two partners belonging to the same
    preferred sexual role(s)). This type of same-sex relationship is prevalent in modern Western societies. Egalitarian same-sex relationships are the principal form present in the Western world. As a byproduct of growing Western cultural dominance, this form is spreading from Western culture to non-Western societies although there are still defined differences between the various cultures.[citation needed
    ]
    Same-gender loving
    Gender-structured Entails each partner assuming an opposite
    Two-Spirit or shamanic gender-changing practices seen in native societies. In the western world, this is best represented by the butch–femme
    dichotomy.
    Two-Spirit, Hijra and Travesti
    Age-structured Involves partners of different ages, usually one adolescent and the other adult. This type of relationship is exemplified by pederasty in ancient Greece. Shudo, Pederasty, Bacha bazi, Twink

    Often, one form of same-sex relationship predominates in a society, although others are likely to co-exist. Historian

    active/insertive bisexuals and pansexuals can even share a single identity).[13]

    Examples in art and literature

    Further information: Homoeroticism, Lesbian literature, and Gay literature
    Young men sipping tea, reading poetry, and having sex
    Individual panel from a hand scroll on same-sex themes, paint on silk; China, Qing dynasty (c. 18th–19th); Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana

    The record of same-sex love has been preserved through literature and art.

    In Iranian (

    shunga art.[14]

    In the Chinese literary tradition, works such as Bian er Zhai and Jin Ping Mei, survived many purges. Today, the Japanese anime subgenre yaoi centers on gay youths. Japan is unusual in that the culture's male homoerotic art has typically been the work of female artists addressing a female audience, mirroring the case of lesbian eroticism in western art.

    In the 1990s, a number of American television comedies began to feature themes on same-sex relationships and characters who expressed same-sex attractions. The 1997

    Queer as Folk
    , running from 2000 to 2005, was noted for its somewhat frank depiction of gay life, as well as its vivid sex scenes, containing the first simulated explicit sex scene between two men shown on American television.

    Playwrights have penned such popular homoerotic works as

    American gay rights movement
    .

    role-playing game franchises, pioneered among others by the BioWare series Mass Effect and Dragon Age.[16]

    Legal recognition

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    State protections and prohibitions regarding (romantic or sexual) same-sex couples vary by jurisdiction. In some locations, same-sex couples are extended full marriage rights just as opposite-sex couples, and in other locations they may be extended limited protections or none at all. Policy also varies regarding the

    adoption
    of children by same-sex couples.

    In their essential psychological respects, these relationships were regarded as equivalent to opposite-sex relationships in a brief amici curiae of the American Psychological Association, California Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter.[17]

    State recognition

    Further information: Same-sex marriage, Civil union, and Domestic partnership
    Two men marrying in Amsterdam within the first month that marriage was opened to same-sex couples in the Netherlands (2001)
    A female same-sex couple celebrating the US Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized same-sex marriage nationwide

    Government recognition of same-sex marriage is available in 36 countries (

    Greece, Liechtenstein and Thailand
    . Other countries, including several European nations, have enacted laws allowing civil unions or domestic partnerships, designed to give gay couples similar rights as married couples concerning legal issues such as inheritance and immigration.

    Same-sex couples can legally marry in all U.S. states and receive both state-level and federal benefits.

    U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges
    . All the laws restricting marriage to one man and one woman are therefore unconstitutional and unenforceable.

    Same-sex parenting

    Main article:
    LGBT parenting
    Lesbian couple with children

    LGBT parenting is when

    bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are parents to one or more children, either as biological or non-biological parents. Same-sex male couples face options which include: "foster care, variations of domestic and international adoption, diverse forms of surrogacy (whether "traditional" or gestational), and kinship arrangements, wherein they might coparent with a woman or women with whom they are intimately but not sexually involved."[19]
    LGBT parents can also include single people who are parenting; to a lesser extent, the term sometimes refers to families with LGBT children.

    In the

    adoption by LGBT couples may be controversial in some countries. In January 2008, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that same-sex couples have the right to adopt a child.[24] In the U.S., LGBT people can legally adopt in all states.[25]
    Though estimates vary, as many as 2 million to 3.7 million U.S. children under age 18 may have a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender parent, and about 200,000 are being raised by same-sex couples.[26]

    There is ample evidence to show that children raised by same-gender parents fare as well as those raised by heterosexual parents. More than 25 years of research have documented that there is no relationship between parents' sexual orientation and any measure of a child's emotional, psychosocial, and behavioral adjustment. This data has demonstrated no risk to children as a result of growing up in a family with one or more gay parents.[27] No research supports the widely held conviction that the gender of parents matters for child well-being.[28] It is well-established that both men and women have the capacity to be good parents, and that having parents of both binary sexes does not enhance adjustment. The methodologies used in the major studies of same-sex parenting meet the standards for research in the field of developmental psychology and psychology generally. They constitute the type of research that members of the respective professions consider reliable.[29] If gay, lesbian, or bisexual parents were inherently less capable than otherwise comparable heterosexual parents, their children would evidence problems regardless of the type of sample. This pattern clearly has not been observed. Given the consistent failures in this research literature to disprove the null hypothesis, the burden of empirical proof is on those who argue that the children of sexual minority parents fare worse than the children of heterosexual parents.[30]

    Professor Judith Stacey, of New York University, stated: "Rarely is there as much consensus in any area of social science as in the case of gay parenting, which is why the American Academy of Pediatrics and all of the major professional organizations with expertise in child welfare have issued reports and resolutions in support of gay and lesbian parental rights".[31] These organizations include the American Academy of Pediatrics,[27] the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,[32] the American Psychiatric Association,[33] the American Psychological Association,[34] the American Psychoanalytic Association,[35] the National Association of Social Workers,[17] the Child Welfare League of America,[36] the North American Council on Adoptable Children,[37] and Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). CPA is concerned that some persons and institutions are misinterpreting the findings of psychological research to support their positions, when their positions are more accurately based on other systems of belief or values.[38]

    Same-sex sexuality

    Types of relationships vary from one couple to another. Some relationships are meant to be temporary, casual, or anonymous sex. Other relationships are more permanent, being in a committed relationship with one another.

    This section is an excerpt from Interpersonal relationship § relationship types.[edit]

    On the basis of openness, all romantic relationships are of 2 types: open and closed. Closed relationships are strictly against romantic or sexual activity of partners with anyone else outside the relationships. In an open relationship, all partners remain committed to each other, but allow themselves and their partner to have relationships with others.

    On the basis of number of partners, they are of 2 types:
    monoamorous
    and polyamorous. A monoamorous relationship is between only two individuals. A polyamorous relationship is among three or more individuals.

    Some couples may choose to keep their relationship secret, because of family upbringing, religion, pressure from friends/family, or other reasons.

    The names of legal same-sex relationships vary depending on the laws of the land. Same-sex relationships may be legally recognized in the form of marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, or registered partnerships.

    Sexual orientation

    Individuals may or may not express their sexual orientation in their

    heterosexual.[40][41]

    Equally, not all people with a bisexual or homosexual orientation seek same-sex relationships. According to a 1990 study of The Social Organization of Sexuality, out of 131 women and 108 men who self-reported

    same-sex attraction, only 43 men (40%) and 42 women (32%) had participated in gay sex.[42] In comparison, a survey by the Family Pride Coalition showed that 50% of gay men had fathered children[43] and 75% of lesbians had children,[44]
    and even more have had straight sex without having children.

    Laws against

    Death
      Prison; death not enforced
      Death under militias
      Prison, with arrests or detention
      Prison, not enforced1
    Same-sex intercourse legal. Recognition of unions:
      Marriage
      Extraterritorial marriage2
      Civil unions
      Limited domestic
      Limited foreign
      Optional certification
      None
      Restrictions of expression
      Restrictions of association with arrest or detention
    Rings indicate local or case-by-case application.
    1No imprisonment in the past three years or moratorium
    on law.
    2Marriage not available locally. Some jurisdictions may perform other types of partnerships.

    A

    bestiality, in practice such laws are primarily enforced against sex between men (particularly anal sex).[46]

    In the United States, the Supreme Court invalidated all sodomy laws in

    anti-homosexual-conduct
    laws at the time.

    Some other countries criminalize homosexual acts. In a handful of countries, all of which are

    Muslim countries, it remains a capital crime. In a highly publicized case, two male teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni, were hanged in Iran in 2005 reportedly because they had been caught having sex with each other.[47]

    Men who have sex with men (MSM)

    Main article: Men who have sex with men

    Men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to men who engage in sexual activity with other men, regardless of how they identify themselves; many choose not to accept social identities of gay or bisexual.[48] The term was created in the 1990s by epidemiologists in order to study the spread of disease among men who have sex with men, regardless of identity.[49] As a risk category, MSM are not limited to small, self-identified, and visible sub-populations. MSM and gay refer to different things: behaviors and social identities. MSM refers to sexual activities between men, regardless of how they identify whereas gay can include those activities but is more broadly seen as a cultural identity. MSM is often used in medical literature and social research to describe such men as a group for clinical study without considering issues of self-identification.

    As with any sexual relationship, people may begin with various forms of

    anal sex
    .

    Women who have sex with women (WSW)

    Main article: Women who have sex with women

    sex toys for vaginal, anal, or oral penetration or clitoral stimulation. As with any sexual relationship, people may begin with various forms of foreplay
    such as fondling, caressing, and kissing, and may or may not experiment with other practices, as they see fit.

    Religious perspectives

    Main article:
    Religion and homosexuality
    Bacchus may have been united in a pact called Adelphopoiesis
    , or "brother-making".

    Religions have had differing views about love and sexual relations between people of the same sex. A large proportion of the Abrahamic sects view sexual relationships outside of a heterosexual marriage, including sex between same-sex partners, negatively, though there are groups within each faith that disagree with orthodox positions and challenge their doctrinal authority. The Bible can also be understood literally, as homosexuality is viewed as sinful and problematic.[50] Opposition to homosexual behavior ranges from quietly discouraging displays and activities to those who explicitly forbid same-sex sexual practices among adherents and actively opposing social acceptance of homosexual relationships. Support of homosexual behavior is reflected in the acceptance of sexually heterodox individuals in all functions of the church, and the sanctification of same-sex unions. Furthermore, liberal Christians may not consider same-sex relations to be sinful.[50] Jews, Mainline Protestants and the religiously unafflicted tend to be more supportive of gay and lesbian relationships.[51]

    Some churches have changed their doctrine to accommodate same-sex relationships.

    same-sex marriages for adherents in their synagogues. Jewish Theological Seminary, considered to be the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism, decided in March 2007 to begin accepting applicants in same-sex relationships, after scholars who guide the movement lifted the ban on ordaining people in same-sex relationships.[52] In 2005, the United Church of Christ
    became the largest Christian denomination in the United States to formally endorse same-sex marriage.

    On the other hand, the

    Methodist Church
    had experienced trials of clergy in same-sex relations who some claimed were a violation of religious principles resulting in mixed verdicts dependent on geography.

    Some religious groups have even promoted boycotts of corporations whose policies support same-sex relations. In early 2005, the American Family Association threatened a boycott of Ford products to protest Ford's perceived support of "the homosexual agenda and homosexual marriage".[53]

    See also

    Notes

    1. ^ May be registered in Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten, but performed only in the Netherlands proper.
    2. ^ Excluding Tokelau, Niue and the Cook Islands.
    3. ^ Excluding Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
    4. Native American tribes
      and American Samoa.

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