Boston Marriages - Books
Boston Marriages by ISBN: 0585260796Publication Date: 1993[EBSCOhost Ebooks] For decades the term "Boston marriage" was used to describe single women who lived together and shared their lives. The presumption then was that these partnerships were nonsexual. In recent years, however, the opposite assumption has prevailed, causing some women involved in such relationships to hide the asexual nature of their attachments in the lesbian community.
Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809 by ISBN: 0806307846Publication Date: 1977Reprint of the 1898 and 1903 ed. published by the Boston Registry Dept., which were issued as v. 28 and v. 30 of Records relating to the early history of Boston, respectively./ Vol. 28 originally published under title: A report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, containing the Boston marriages from 1700 to 1751.
Improper Bostonians by ISBN: 9780807079485Publication Date: 1998"Drawing on newspaper accounts private archives, advertisements, and other sources, Improper Bostonians introduces us to men and women who flouted conventional gender rules, were unapologetic about their lifestyles, and tried to make sense of their sexuality - sometimes at great cost." Request via Interlibrary Loan.
Boston Marriages - Videos
Boston Marriages - 1870s-1920s
"Boston Marriage" - a term first used in 1893. A long-term, committed, love relationship between two independent women. Katharine Coman and Katharine Lee Bates lived together in a Wellesley marriage for 25 years.
Marriage Equality - June 26, 2015
In the United States, it was a 5-4 decision from the Supreme Court in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges. Marriage equality became the law of the land and granted same-sex couples in all 50 states the right to full, equal recognition under the law.
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Lesbian Marriage Online Articles
- My Wife and I Eloped, but I Still Want a Big Wedding One Day by Sa'iyda Shabazz at AutostraddleWhen we got engaged, I told her that I wanted a big, fun wedding. I have been dreaming about getting married and having a wedding since I was a little girl. February 14, 2024.
- Survey Says: How SCOTUS Completely Changed the Game for Queer Weddings by The Editors of GayWeddings in Tagg MagazineGayWeddings teamed up with WeddingWire, Community Marketing & Insights, and the Gay Wedding Institute to conduct some research on same-sex weddings. September 1, 2016.
- This transgender lesbian wedding had a PB&J unity sandwich Posted by Offbeat WeditorsEvan & Cassandra. 10/21/2023 at The Noble, Saint Louis, MO. To start, we made the decision to have private vows with just us and the photo/video team so that we could feel safe to unmask without an audience. We exchanged vows before our ceremony which really helped with the nerves once we got started. October 21, 2023.
Marriage Equality - Books
Marriage Equality by ISBN: 9780300221817Publication Date: 2020[Ebook Central Academic Complete] As a legal scholar who first argued in the early 1990s for a right to gay marriage, William N. Eskridge Jr. has been on the front lines of the debate over same-sex marriage for decades. In this book, Eskridge and his coauthor, Christopher R. Riano, offer a panoramic and definitive history of America's marriage equality debate.
Queer Families and Relationships after Marriage Equality by ISBN: 9781138557451Publication Date: 2018After years of intense debate, same-sex marriage has become a legal reality in many countries around the globe. As same-sex marriage laws spread, Queer Families and Relationships After Marriage Equality asks: What will queer families and relationships look like on the ground?
The Social Science of Same-Sex Marriage by ISBN: 9781000523652Publication Date: 2022[Taylor and Francis EBA] Showcasing research from across the social sciences, this edited volume seeks to provide readers with an empirically grounded sense of how many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people marry in the US and Canada, what their marriages look like, and how LGBT people themselves are impacted by marriage and marriage equality.
