A Critical Appraisal of Assimilationist and Radical Ideologies Underlying Same-Sex Marriage in LGBT Communities in the United States

Debates over same-sex marriage have reached the main stage of contemporary U.S. politics. The purpose of this essay is to identify and examine how sexual ideologies in U.S. LGBT communities inform and influence relationship construction in general and same-sex marriage in particular. To accomplish t...

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Published in:Journal of homosexuality 2003-01, Vol.45 (1), p.45-64
Main Authors: Yep, Gust A., Lovaas, Karen E., Elia, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assimilation
Bisexuality
Civil rights
Female
Gay
Gay marriage
Gays
Gays & lesbians
Homosexual Relationships
Homosexuality
Homosexuals
Human relations
Humans
Ideologies
Ideology
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal Relations
lesbian
Lesbianism
LGBT communities
LGBTQ rights movements
Male
Marriage
Models, Psychological
Personal relationships
Philosophy
Politics
relationship construction
Same sex
Same sex marriage
Sexual behaviour
sexual ideology
Sexual minorities
Sexuality
Social Change
Social conditions
Sociology
Transsexuality
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
USA
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Summary:Debates over same-sex marriage have reached the main stage of contemporary U.S. politics. The purpose of this essay is to identify and examine how sexual ideologies in U.S. LGBT communities inform and influence relationship construction in general and same-sex marriage in particular. To accomplish this, we first discuss the nature of sexual ideologies. Next, we identify current sexual ideologies in LGBT communities and examine some of their fundamental features and their implications for relationship construction with a focus on same-sex marriage. We conclude with a discussion of what is potentially gained and lost by same-sex matrimonial bonds and explore some of the prospects of relationship construction within LGBT communities in the future.
ISSN:0091-8369
1540-3602
DOI:10.1300/J082v45n01_03