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Showing 1 to 20 of 334 for “"same-sex"”.
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Constitutional Right to Same-Sex Marriage
The fight for same-sex marriage in the United States is a contemporary topic of law and politics. The Supreme Court will issue a decision on the matter by June 2013. Same-sex marriage, as a state's jurisdiction, has three routes the Supreme Court can choose: strict scrutiny with the Due Process …
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Kin, kith, and same-sex couple quality
… and elsewhere around the state yielded 83 same-sex couples well distributed in these categories. This cross-sectional study combines both quantitative and qualitative data from written questionnaires and intensive interviews completed separately and confidentially by both partners in each …
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A Constructionist Analysis Of Same-sex Marriage
Same-sex marriage has been heavily debated in academics and in the public sphere. During the 2004 Presidential election same-sex marriage became an issue that polarized the candidates. It has become a lightning rod for public debate. Due to the increasing attention to the controversy of legalizing …
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Human Rights and Same-sex Intimacies in Malawi
… hotspot for human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity since the arrest of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza for holding a wedding ceremony in 2009. The violations are a result of negative attitudes against ‘homosexuality’, and the application of anti-gay …
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Attitudes of Undergraduate Students Towards Same-Sex Couples Adopting
… students in a social science major, towards same-sex couples. The participants were given one of two vignettes describing a couple interested in adopting a 5-year-old child. The vignettes were identical except that the couples orientation was depicted as either a gay male couple or a …
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Intimate Relationships Of Adults Raised In Same-Sex Families
… relationship experiences of adults raised by sexual minority parents. The study used a Grounded Theory (GT) method. Seven individuals that were either born to sexual minority parents or found out their parents were sexual minorities later in life participated in this present study. Each …
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Gender Constancy and Selective Imitation of Same-Sex Models
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A Hermeneutical Consideration of Islamic Jurisprudence on Same-Sex Acts
… succumb to normative definitions of gender and sexuality. Classical Islamic jurisprudence categorically condemns same-sex acts; however, the legal consensus does not address the practice of same-sex identification or the emergence of gay rights organizations. This thesis offers an analysis of …
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Decisions regarding coeducation at two pairs of same-sex institutions
This dissertation looks at the long-term effects of decisions made in the 1970s concerning coeducation at two sets of Catholic institutions of higher education located in Minnesota. The two urban institutions, the University of St. Catherine and the University of St. Thomas, and the two rural …
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EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF SAME-SEX FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE PARENTS
… of foster children in the system at any time. Same-sex foster and adoptive homes are underrepresented in the child welfare system, despite the shortage and need for more certified foster and adoptive homes. There are limited studies documenting the experiences of gay and lesbian foster and …
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The Experiences of Legally Married Same-Sex Couples in California
… insight into the experiences of legally married same-sex couples. Specifically, the inquiry's objective was to elicit narratives of strength and agency from these couples who navigated the oppressive circumstances of an anti-gay amendment campaign situated within the debate over the extension of …
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Portraits of Resilience: Same-Sex Military Couples' Experience of Deployment
Research investigating how same-sex military couples conjointly experience the deployment process is absent. This study employed transcendental phenomenological methods (Moustakas, 1994) to explore the lived experiences of same-sex military couples and the deployment process. In-depth, conjoint …
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Consent and sexual assault in heterosexual versus same-sex sexual encounters
Consent is a vital component of all sexual encounters, and its absence can lead to harmful sexual behaviours. Although the concepts of consent and sexual assault should be applied appropriately to all individuals, this may not be the case. This thesis examined whether public perceptions of consent …
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Attitudes toward adoption by same-sex couples: Do gender roles matter?
Within Canada, the right for same-sex couples to adopt children is a highly contentious issue. Despite all provinces and territories in Canada permitting adoption by gay and lesbian couples through their public agencies, this legal recognition has not been accompanied by widespread acceptance of …
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Experiences of same-sex oriented women in relation to psychological wellbeing
This thesis explores issues related to same-sex oriented women's psychological wellbeing, including their experiences of same-sex partner bereavement in later life and their experiences of informal social support. The literature review explored how non-heterosexual women experience informal social …
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