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The Marriage Debate and Minority Stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2005

Ellen D. B. Riggle ,
Jerry D. Thomas  and
Sharon S. Rostosky
Ellen D. B. Riggle
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
Jerry D. Thomas
Affiliation:
Eastern Kentucky University
Sharon S. Rostosky
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky
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Healthy adult development commonly includes a desire and intent to form intimate, long-term relationships. For individuals attracted to members of the other sex, these relationships may be formed, socially affirmed, and, by mutual choice, legally recognized by government agencies in the U.S. For individuals attracted to members of the same sex, these relationships may be formed, but social affirmation and legal recognition are only sporadically available. Thus, the normative relational developmental processes for same-sex attracted individuals incur unique challenges that other-sex attracted individuals do not.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 38 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 221 - 224
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© 2005 by the American Political Science Association

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