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One in 10 LGBT Americans Married to Same-Sex Spouse
Story Highlights
- 9.6% of LGBT adults in the U.S. are married to a gay spouse
- Number of same-sex marriages have increased since 2016
- Opposite-sex marriages, partnerships more prevalent among bisexual adults
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About one in 10 LGBT adults in the U.S. (9.6%) are married to a homosexual spouse, with a slightly smaller proportion (7.1%) living with a same-sex home partner. Half of LGBT adults have never been married, while 11.4% are married to an opposite-sex spouse and 9.5% are either divorced or separated.
Overall, less than 1% of U.S. adults are married to a same-sex spouse. The greatest percentage of Americans, 47.7%, are married to an opposite-sex spouse.
| U.S. adults | LGBT adults | |
|---|---|---|
| % | % | |
| Married to opposite-sex spouse | 47.7 | 11.4 |
| Married to same-sex spouse | 0.6 | 9.6 |
| Living with opposite-sex domestic partner | 8.1 | 9.2 |
| Living with same-sex domestic partner | 0.4 | 7.1 |
| Single/Never married | 22.9 | 50.5 |
| Separated | 2.4 | 2.0 |
| Divorced | 9.5 | 7.5 |
| Widowed | 5.9 | 2.5 |
| No opinion | 2.6 | 0.4 |
These results are based on aggregated information from 2020 Gallup surveys, encompassing int
The Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States
The road to nationwide marriage equality was a lengthy one, spanning decades of United States history and culminating in victory in June 2015. Throughout the long defend for marriage equality, HRC was at the forefront.
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From gathering supporters in small towns across the territory to rallying in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, we gave our all to secure every person, regardless of whom they love, is established equally under the law.
A Growing Contact for Equality
Efforts to legalize same-sex marriage began to pop up across the country in the 1990s, and with it challenges on the state and national levels. Civil unions for homosexual couples existed in many states but created a separate but equal usual. At the federal level, couples were denied access to more than 1,100 federal rights and responsibilities associated with the institution, as well as those denied by their given state. The Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law in 1996 and defined marriage by the federal government as between a guy and woman, thereby allowing states to deny marriage equality.
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Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than two in three Americans continue to believe that marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69%), and nearly as many state gay or womxn loving womxn relations are morally acceptable (64%). Both readings have been consistently above the 50% mark since the early 2010s and above 60% since 2017.
The recent halt in the long-term upward trend in both indicators of public assist for the Diverse community reflects Democrats’ and independents’ back leveling off, while Republicans’ has dipped slightly.
Same-Sex Marriage Aid Near Record High
The latest 69% of Americans who assist legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May 1-23 Values and Beliefs poll, is statistically similar to the record upper of 71% recorded in 2022 and 2023. When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage in 1996, 27% of Americans thought such unions should be legal, and 68% said they should not.
By 2004, 42% were in favor, and in 2011, support crossed the majority level for the first moment. After registering slightly lower in two subsequent measures, universal support for legal recognition of same-se
Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is facing resurgent hostility.
In the decade since the court’s decision, public support for same-sex marriage has increased. Currently, about 70% ofAmericans approve of legally identifying the marriages of queer couples, a 10-percentage-point bump from 2015.
Obergefell led to an increase in marriages among same-sex partners, with more than 700,000 gay couples currently married.
Despite this, Republican lawmakers in five states have recently introduced symbolic bills calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling in Obergefell.
And Republican lawmakers in two states possess proposed legislation that creates a new category of marriage, called “covenant marriage,” that is reserved for one man and one woman.
As a professor of legal studies, I believe such attacks on same-sex marriage represent a serious threat to the institution.
And others share my concern.
A 2024 poll of married same-sex couples start that 54% of respondents are worried that the Supreme Court might overturn Obergefell, with only 17% saying they did not anticipate such a challe
U.S. cities with the uppermost rate of same-sex married couples
The exact number of same-sex married couples in the U.S. is unknown (the Census Bureau is still working toward making improvements to this measurement), but federal tax returns provide perhaps the closest estimation. After all, about 96 percent of married tax filers file jointly, according to the Tax Policy Center. A novel report from the center estimates in 2015 — the year same-sex marriage was legalized across the U.S. — there were 250,450 same-sex married tax filers (about 0.48 percent of all married tax filers), up from about 131,080 in 2013 and 183, 280 in 2014 (when same-sex marriage was only recognized in some states).
"Same-sex joint filers are generally younger, higher income, less likely to claim dependent children (especially for male couples), and more geographically concentrated than are different-sex filers," according to the Tax Policy Center's new report.
While married gay couples tend to possess higher incomes, the income of male couples was more than 40 percent higher than that of straight couples and female couples. The average adjusted gross income of male couples in 2015 was about $165,960, ver
Same-Sex Relations, Marriage Still Supported by Most in U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than two in three Americans continue to believe that marriage between same-sex couples should be legal (69%), and nearly as many state gay or womxn loving womxn relations are morally acceptable (64%). Both readings have been consistently above the 50% mark since the early 2010s and above 60% since 2017.
The recent halt in the long-term upward trend in both indicators of public assist for the Diverse community reflects Democrats’ and independents’ back leveling off, while Republicans’ has dipped slightly.
Same-Sex Marriage Aid Near Record High
The latest 69% of Americans who assist legal same-sex marriage, from Gallup’s May 1-23 Values and Beliefs poll, is statistically similar to the record upper of 71% recorded in 2022 and 2023. When Gallup first polled about same-sex marriage in 1996, 27% of Americans thought such unions should be legal, and 68% said they should not.
By 2004, 42% were in favor, and in 2011, support crossed the majority level for the first moment. After registering slightly lower in two subsequent measures, universal support for legal recognition of same-se
Same-sex marriage, which the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 legalized nationwide in the case known as Obergefell v. Hodges, is facing resurgent hostility.
In the decade since the court’s decision, public support for same-sex marriage has increased. Currently, about 70% ofAmericans approve of legally identifying the marriages of queer couples, a 10-percentage-point bump from 2015.
Obergefell led to an increase in marriages among same-sex partners, with more than 700,000 gay couples currently married.
Despite this, Republican lawmakers in five states have recently introduced symbolic bills calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its ruling in Obergefell.
And Republican lawmakers in two states possess proposed legislation that creates a new category of marriage, called “covenant marriage,” that is reserved for one man and one woman.
As a professor of legal studies, I believe such attacks on same-sex marriage represent a serious threat to the institution.
And others share my concern.
A 2024 poll of married same-sex couples start that 54% of respondents are worried that the Supreme Court might overturn Obergefell, with only 17% saying they did not anticipate such a challe
U.S. cities with the uppermost rate of same-sex married couples
The exact number of same-sex married couples in the U.S. is unknown (the Census Bureau is still working toward making improvements to this measurement), but federal tax returns provide perhaps the closest estimation. After all, about 96 percent of married tax filers file jointly, according to the Tax Policy Center. A novel report from the center estimates in 2015 — the year same-sex marriage was legalized across the U.S. — there were 250,450 same-sex married tax filers (about 0.48 percent of all married tax filers), up from about 131,080 in 2013 and 183, 280 in 2014 (when same-sex marriage was only recognized in some states).
"Same-sex joint filers are generally younger, higher income, less likely to claim dependent children (especially for male couples), and more geographically concentrated than are different-sex filers," according to the Tax Policy Center's new report.
While married gay couples tend to possess higher incomes, the income of male couples was more than 40 percent higher than that of straight couples and female couples. The average adjusted gross income of male couples in 2015 was about $165,960, ver