scholarly journals Differences in the legal regulation of the activities of sexual minorities in Europe and Russia

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-273
Author(s):  
M. Makhmutova ◽  
A. Cherenkov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Inheritance Law ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
The Usa

This article provides a comparative analysis of the situation of sexual minorities and their legal rights in Europe, the USA and Russia, as well as their differences, and the attitude of society to people of non-traditional orientation. In addition, the article considered the main problem of modern society is the inability of people to perceive non-traditional relations in military service, in employment at work and much more. Even many liberal countries still do not fully approve of this kind of relationship. Many same-sex couples are prohibited from adopting children, and there are real problems in the field of inheritance law. The article addressed the problem of discrimination of these relations in Russia. This article also examined court practice regarding the underreporting of the rights of sexual minorities.

Freedom’s Frontiers: The Travails of LGBT Travelers

Pólemos ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-295
Author(s):  
David Austin ◽  
Mark E. Wojcik
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Positive Change ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Status

Abstract This article considers the status of same-sex couples whose lawful marriage in one jurisdiction may not be recognized in another, or who may face discrimination and criminal penalties for their sexual orientation. The article surveys positive developments that promote equality for sexual minorities rather than their punishment. The degree of positive change varies across countries. While traveling across borders, sexual minorities are often subjected to strange dislocations in time and space: they can accelerate through centuries of struggle to find freedom in foreign lands, or they can be hurled back into the darkness of the closet or, worse, detained in a prison cell. The article also focuses on some of the positive developments – legal and otherwise – that have led to the growth of a gay tourist industry; some of the problems that gay travelers may potentially encounter when crossing into countries where the legal rights of sexual minorities are not safeguarded; and some potential “solutions” that will allow gay travelers to engage in cross-border travel without feeling that they are being forced back into the limiting borders of the closet’s confines.

scholarly journals Are “Gay” and “Queer-Friendly” Neighborhoods Healthy? Assessing How Areas with High Densities of Same-Sex Couples Impact the Mental Health of Sexual Minority and Majority Young Adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-200
Author(s):  
Chris Wienke ◽  
Rachel B. Whaley ◽  
Rick Braatz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Neighborhood Contexts ◽  
Using Data

AbstractNeighborhoods with large concentrations of gay men, lesbians, and other sexual minorities have long served as places where sexual minority young adults find self-enhancing resources. Yet, it is unclear whether such neighborhood environments also confer health benefits. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we explored the relationship between the proportion of same-sex couples in neighborhoods and the mental health of sexual minority and majority young adults, controlling for other neighborhood- and individual-level factors. Results indicate that for sexual minorities, neighborhoods with higher percentages of same-sex couples are associated with lower levels of depression symptoms and higher levels of self-esteem. Conversely, for heterosexuals, there are no differences in health outcomes across neighborhood contexts. Taken together, the findings highlight the importance of striving for neighborhood-level understandings of sexual minority young adults and their mental health problems.

10. Civil Partnership Act 2004

2019 ◽  
pp. 92-94
Author(s):  
Jane Sendall ◽  
Roiya Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Third Parties ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Partnership

This chapter discusses the scope of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) which came into force on 5 December 2005 and the formation of civil partnerships. It outlines civil partnership and same-sex marriage under The Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013. It also explains the differences between civil partnership and marriage. The CPA 2004 enables same-sex couples to form legally recognized civil partnerships. Once a partnership has been formed, civil partners assume many legal rights and responsibilities for each other, third parties, and the State. It does explain that adultery, however, is not a fact to establish the ground for dissolution of a civil partnership as it is in marriage.

10. Civil Partnership Act 2004

Family Law ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 92-94
Author(s):  
Roiya Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Third Parties ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Partnership ◽  
Opposite Sex

This chapter discusses the scope of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) which came into force on 5 December 2005 and the formation of civil partnerships. It outlines civil partnership and same-sex marriage under The Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013. It also explains the differences between civil partnership and marriage. Once a partnership has been formed, civil partners assume many legal rights and responsibilities for each other, third parties, and the State. It does explain that adultery, however, is not a fact to establish the ground for dissolution of a civil partnership as it is in marriage. The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 are also outlined.

10. Civil Partnership Act 2004

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Sendall
Keyword(s):  
Third Parties ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Partnership

This chapter discusses the scope of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) and the formation of civil partnerships. It also explains the differences between civil partnership and marriage. The CPA 2004 enables same-sex couples to form legally recognized civil partnerships. Once a partnership has been formed, civil partners assume many legal rights and responsibilities for each other, third parties, and the State.

scholarly journals ‘It's Made a Huge Difference’: Recognition, Rights and the Personal Significance of Civil Partnership

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beccy Shipman ◽  
Carol Smart
Keyword(s):  
Legal Rights ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
The Public ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Civil Partnership ◽  
Personal Significance ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
Decision Making Processes

In this paper we map briefly some of the arguments around the meaning and significance of the introduction of Civil Partnership in England and Wales, and in this way show how contested these meanings are with some groups profoundly against this legal reform and others supporting it, but for a mixture of reasons. We then turn to our empirical data based on interviews with same-sex couples to explore the extent to which these arguments and issues are part of the everyday decision making processes of same sex couples who have decided to register their partnerships or to undergo a commitment ceremony of some kind. In doing this, we were interested in how people make their own meanings (if they do) and whether they actually frame important decisions in their lives around the ideas that are part of the current political debates. We are interested in whether the public debates (such as legal equality) are featured in the accounts of our interviewees but we are also concerned to reveal whether other issues are important to same sex couples when they decide to have their relationship publicly recognised in some way. We found for example that while equality and legal rights were important, love, commitment and respect from wider family featured just as strongly in people's accounts.

scholarly journals Liberty, Equality and the Right to Marry under the Fourteenth Amendment

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-262
Author(s):  
Ian Loveland
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Fourteenth Amendment ◽  
Federal Courts ◽  
State Courts ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Marriage ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Right

Abstract The legitimacy of recent judgments in the Supreme Court, lower federal courts and State courts which have extended the scope of the Due Process and/or Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment has been a fiercely contested controversy in legal and political circles in the USA. The controversy has been especially sharp in relation to the question of same sex marriage, and specifically whether it is within State competence to refuse to allow same sex couples to marry under State law. This paper explores that legitimation controversy through a multi-contextual analysis of the Supreme Court’s starkly divided judgment in Obergefell v Hodges (2015), in which a bare majority of the Court concluded that a State ban on same sex marriage was incompatible with the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This paper critiques both the majority and dissenting opinions, and suggests that while one might applaud the substantive conclusion the Court has reached, the reasoning offered by the majority suffers from several obvious weaknesses both in narrow doctrinal terms and from the broader perspective of safeguarding the Court from well-founded criticism that it is overstepping the bounds of its legitimate constitutional role.

scholarly journals Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples

Demography ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Carpenter ◽  
Gilbert Gonzales ◽  
Tara McKay ◽  
Dario Sansone
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Affordable Care Act ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Same Sex Couples ◽  
Dependent Coverage

Abstract A large body of research documents that the 2010 dependent coverage mandate of the U.S. Affordable Care Act was responsible for significantly increasing health insurance coverage among young adults. No prior research has examined whether sexual minority young adults also benefitted from the dependent coverage mandate despite previous studies showing lower health insurance coverage among sexual minorities. Our estimates from the American Community Survey, using difference-in-differences and event study models, show that men in same-sex couples aged 21–25 experienced a significantly greater increase in the likelihood of having any health insurance after 2010 than older, 27- to 31-year-old men in same-sex couples. This increase is concentrated among employer-sponsored insurance, and it is robust to permutations of periods and age groups. Effects for women in same-sex couples and men in different-sex couples are smaller than the associated effects for men in same-sex couples. These findings confirm the broad effects of expanded dependent coverage and suggest that eliminating the federal dependent mandate could reduce health insurance coverage among young adult sexual minorities in same-sex couples.

scholarly journals ATTITUDES TOWARDS SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIP: A SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN SPLIT (CROATIA)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 35-41
Author(s):  
Gorana Bandalović ◽  
Zorana Šuljug Vučica ◽  
Ines Uvodić
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sexual Minorities ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Lgbt People

One of the current dilemmas of modern society is how to look at homosexuals, same-sex partners, forming same-sex partnerships, and raising children in such communities. Homosexuals are classified as sexual minorities and are often excluded from society, which is not new because members of sexual minorities have long been accompanied by numerous persecutions and repressions. This paper aims to examine the attitudes of young people towards homosexuality and same-sex partnership. The paper presents the results of the research conducted in 2019 using a survey method on a sample of 303 respondents aged 15 to 35 years. The results show that most young people do not consider homosexuality to be a disease and approach LGBT people in the same way as the rest of society, not paying attention to someone's sexual orientation. Respondents are predominantly open to the possibility of marriage between same-sex partners while they to a lesser extent agree with the adoption and upbringing of children by same-sex partners. They believe that there is a difference in the upbringing of children raised by same-sex partners from children raised by heterosexual partners, which can be justified by the discrimination and violence to which children of same-sex partners are exposed to. Also, young people think that homosexual parents can be good parents and provide their children with everything they need and that it is better for children to grow up in same-sex families than in homes for abandoned children. Although they state that such communities are almost equal to heterosexual communities, they are aware of their exposure to social exclusion.

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