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One in Three Same-Sex Couples in Alaska Have Children?
Submitted by E. Ross on Tuesday, 12 August 2008 – 10:15 PMOne Comment
The New York Times’ Freakonomics blog asked “What will U.S. suburbs look like in 40 years?”
One of the eight respondents was Gary J. Gates, co-author of The Gay and Lesbian Atlas and the demographics expert behind the Advocate Magazine’s article citing Anchorage as an “emerging” gay and lesbian city.
Here are a few quotes from his comments:
“In 1990, fewer than one in ten same-sex couples had children. Today, it’s more like one in five. In states like Mississippi, South Dakota, Alaska, South Carolina, and Louisiana, it’s one in three.”
“The gay-by boom is alive and well in small town and suburban America.”
“While Ward and June Cleaver and their two boys might still be around in the suburbs in forty years, my guess is that their neighbors will be Olivia and Harriet and their twin girls.”
Read the full story, posted today.
