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The 1971 marriage of James Michael McConnell [70] and Richard John "Jack" Baker [71] [72] meant they were the first legally married same-sex couple in United States history. [73] Their marriage is also "the earliest same-gender marriage ever to be recorded in the public files of any civil government". [74] [75]
The movement to obtain marriage rights for same-sex couples expanded steadily from that time until in late 2014 lawsuits had been brought in every state that still denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples. By late 2014, same-sex marriage had become legal in states that contained more than 70% of the United States population. In some ...
The movement to obtain marriage rights for same-sex couples expanded steadily from that time until in late 2014 lawsuits had been brought in every state that still denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples. By late 2014, same-sex marriage had become legal in states that contained more than 70% of the United States population. In some ...
In 1996, just 27 percent of Americans said they believed same-sex partners should enjoy the same rights as opposite-sex couples. Today, more than 70 percent support marriage equality. That shift ...
Gallup found that nationwide public support for same-sex marriage reached 50% in 2011, [ 6 ] 60% in 2015, [ 7 ] and 70% in 2021. [ 8 ] In the 2020 United States census, same-sex married couples accounted for 0.5% of all U.S. households while unmarried same-sex couples accounted for 0.4% of all U.S. households.
March 5–9: A clerk in Asbury Park, New Jersey, processes several marriage licenses for same-sex couples until warned by the state attorney general to stop. A deputy mayor officiates at the marriage of one couple on March 8. [ 84 ][ 85 ] March 3: Multnomah County, Oregon, issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Conversations between gay men have been found to use more slang and fewer commonly known terms about sexual behavior than conversations between straight men. [ 20 ] In the Philippines, many LGBTQ people speak with Swardspeak , or "gay lingo", which is a more extensive use of slang as a form of dialect or way of speaking.
The ruling legalizes same-sex marriage in all fifty states on the same terms and conditions as the marriages of opposite-sex couples, with all the accompanying rights and responsibilities. [246] [247] Kate Brown became the first openly LGBT American governor after the resignation of John Kitzhaber. She was later reelected in 2016, becoming the ...