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Same-Sex Marriage

By: Yvette Taylor
In: Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
Edited by: Mary Zeiss Stange, Carol K. Oyster & Jane E. Sloan
Subject:Women's Studies, Women in Management, Sociology of Gender

There are an array of international policies that variously legitimize same-sex partnerships, and consequently same-sex family formations, through extending the rights of lesbians and gay men to marry or to live as a legally recognized couple. N. Naples (2007) outlines the different types of relationship policies that can be utilized by same-sex couples, beginning with registered partnerships or civil unions, which include substantively similar-or the same-rights as marriage.

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  Taylor, Y. (2011). Same-sex marriage. In M. Z. StangeC. K. Oyster & J. E. Sloan (Eds.), Encyclopedia of women in today's world (Vol. 1, pp. 1270-1272). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781412995962.n721
  
  Taylor, Yvette. "Same-Sex Marriage." In Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World, edited by Mary Z. StangeCarol K. Oyster and Jane E. SloanFirst ed., 1270-1272. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. doi: 10.4135/9781412995962.n721.
  
  Taylor, Y 2011, 'Same-sex marriage', in Stange, MZ, Oyster, CK & Sloan, JE (eds), Encyclopedia of women in today's world the multimedia encyclopedia of women in today's world, First edn, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 1270-1272, viewed 29 November 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412995962.n721.
  
  Taylor, Yvette. "Same-Sex Marriage." Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World. Eds. Mary Z. StangeCarol K. Oyster and Jane E. Sloan.First ed Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. 1270-1272. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 29 Nov. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781412995962.n721.
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