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New Study: Same Sex Couples Face Significant Disadvantages in Retirement

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

As same-sex couples are increasingly being granted rights similar to those of traditional marriages, many will be at a comparative disadvantage as they enter retirement.

The study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law says gays and lesbians will have less retirement income and fewer ways to pass savings on to their families after their death. Merrill Lynch, a unit of Bank of America(BAC Quote), helped fund the report.

A large share of same-sex couples will be entering retirement in the next two decades, just as states open marriage and civil-union laws. There are about 1.2 million gay people living with a same-sex partner in America, according to the most recent U.S. Census.

Full Story from The Street: http://www.thestreet.com/story/10618376/1/same-sex-couples-not-so-golden-years.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI

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New Study Shows Gay/Lesbian Couples face Significant Disadvantages in Retirement

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

A new study released today details the inequalities faced by same-sex couples in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Without legal recognition of their relationships under federal law, the report concludes, lesbians and gay men have less retirement income and are disadvantaged in their ability to pass on savings to their families after their death.

The study, “The Impact of Inequality for Same-Sex Partners in Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans,” provides the first detailed demographic portrait of older same-sex couples. It was released by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law with funding support from Merrill Lynch in conjunction with National Save for Retirement Week.

“The findings show that, in particular, female same-sex couples have far less retirement income than different-sex married couples,” says study author Naomi Goldberg.

Full Story from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS184944+23-Oct-2009+PRN20091023

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Census Bureau Puts Off Counting Gay Marriages Until 2020, Citing "Statistical Problems"

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

The U.S. Census Bureau is making an unprecedented effort to include same-sex couples in next year’s national population count, but legally married gay couples won’t show up as such in the official once-a-decade tally, bureau representatives said Thursday.

Statistical problems related to the development of the 2010 census form and the evolving legal state of same-sex relationships led Census officials to conclude that trying to include married gay couples in the overall snapshot of household marital status could yield an inaccurate number, said Gary Gates, a University of California, Los Angeles demographer who has been advising the bureau on gay issues.

Instead, same-sex married couples will be added into the category for unmarried partners, just as they were for the 2000 census. But in a marked policy departure, the agency plans to make the data on same-sex couples who described themselves as married available on a state-by-state basis.

Full Story from The AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jG5nvKt-JnOIr1KTFOmV-xXDM2FwD9BGGEA80

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NBC Show Looking for Gay Married Couples

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

I just got this from Theresa Horwitz at Shed Media:

I contacted you because we are searching the country for gay married couples. This could be an excellent opportunity to show on primetime television that marriage is marriage – a show about married life simply would not be complete without showcasing married couples in all forms. I am a casting associate producer for a new show on NBC called “The Marriage Ref.” The show is produced by Jerry Seinfeld and will focus on couples that bicker naturally about every day issues – we will then bring in a marriage referee to settle arguments.

We are also accepting applications from straight couples. If anyone comes to mind I was hoping you could forward them my info or vise versa. The show is going to air Sunday nights at 8pm on NBC and will feature celebrities like Chris Rock, Madonna, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Aniston. Please let me know if you know any couples personally or otherwise that may be interested in this exciting opportunity. I have included a link to the preview on NBC.com below. Hope to hear from you soon!

Contact Theresa at: realityshownbc@gmail.com

More Info from NBC.com: http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/video/clips/now-casting-the-marriage-ref/1155592/

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President Obama Includes Gay/Lesbian Families in Proclamation

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

President Obama included gay and lesbian families in his proclamation for Family Day 2009.

“Whether children are raised by two parents, a single parent, grandparents, a same-sex couple, or a guardian, families encourage us to do our best and enable us to accomplish great things,” the White House proclamation says.

The inclusion is certain to draw fire from social conservatives who oppose gay rights, but it also received a tepid welcome from the gay community, which increasingly fears Obama is all tongue and no trousers on the issue of gay rights.

Full Story from On Top Magazine: http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=4610&MediaType=1&Category=26

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150K Same Sex Couples in Marriage Relationships in 2008, Census Says

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Nearly 150,000 same-sex couples reported being in marriage relationships last year, many more than the number of actual weddings and civil unions, according to the first U.S. census figures released on same-sex marriages.

About 27 percent of the estimated 564,743 total gay couples in the United States said they were in a relationship akin to “husband” and “wife,” according to the Census Bureau tally provided to The Associated Press. That’s compared with 91 percent of the 61.3 million total opposite-sex couples who reported being married.

A consultant to the Census Bureau estimated there were roughly 100,000 official same-sex weddings, civil unions and domestic partnerships in 2008.

Full Story from AP: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gCdZqWgPVPTXeB1bQGw_j7YOIvHAD9AS4OA82