Gary Gates of the Williams Institute Discusses New Study on Same-Sex Families in USA Today Article

November 4, 2009 -- Gary Gates, a scholar at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy, discussed a new study on the demographics of same-sex families in a USA Today article.

Demographer Gary Gates of the Williams Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles also has studied same-sex families. His new analysis of the 2008 American Community Survey showed that 31% of same-sex couples who identify themselves as spouses are raising kids compared with 43% of heterosexual couples. That survey marked the first available Census data about same-sex spouses and gay U.S. families. Gates says same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to heterosexual couples in many ways, including the fact that almost one-third are raising children.

To read the entire article, click here.

He also discussed the topic in an interview with KPCC-89.3 FM. To listen to the interview, please click here.