Number of Self-Identified Gay Couples Surges

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904009304576530683989728142.html

The number of Americans identifying themselves as living with a same-sex partner has risen quickly in the past decade, according to new census data.

The Census Bureau doesn't ask people about their sexual orientation. But since 1990, respondents have had the option to identify themselves as living with a same-sex partner. This group grew by half nationwide between 2000 and 2010, figures released this week show.

The total number of self-reported same-sex couples nationwide grew 52% to 901,997 from 594,391 in 2000.


The increase is too big to be explained by a sudden jump in coupling among gay people, said Gary Gates, a scholar at the Williams Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, a think tank on sexual-orientation policy. Instead, he said, same-sex couples appear to be more willing to describe themselves as such, including in states farther away from the coasts.

The number of self-identified gay couples rose by nearly 90% in Montana, Nevada and West Virginia, for instance, while California, New York and Washington, D.C., saw increases of 40% or less, according to Mr. Gates's analysis of the data.

[rfranklin]

1. The gay agenda is winning...

just as the right wingers predicted! Yay!