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scientifically rigorous and transpa
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gay couples as members of a stigmat
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At first sight, my commitment to un
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the distinctions drawn in Chapter O
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couples in the UK, Heaphy and Einar
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if not as a defence of Labov, then
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of eliciting stories from couples a
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generating enough interviews, I too
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from the UK to talk about same-sex
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I used the information sheets to di
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when their daughter’s friend’s
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stories that largely followed to th
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is also reflected in the comparativ
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in their early twenties, whose immi
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they met and formed a couple, but a
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whereas younger couples could take
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why I love you and why I’m commit
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Maggie: And we were obviously follo
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the legal protections available to
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their sixties and together for thir
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Labels The linguistic possibilities
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Lisa: Yeah, and I value that. Joann
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got married, I’d say yes, we did.
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to pieces. If that had happened to
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his relationship with Paolo provide
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acceptance afforded to them, partic
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network, to outright rejection and
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1970s, and contrasted this with his
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This highly positive experience of
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son’s sexuality on such a meaning
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elationship within the family. This
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awareness of a stigmatised status,
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suggests a kind social ambiguity fo
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Reactions from friendship networks
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men recalls Goffman’s understandi
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long-overdue opportunity for couple
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suggests a constant fear of exposur
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Here, Brad appears more assertive,
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sex relationships may have exacerba
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Evan: I was a little nervous, and i
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elationships. The quality and frequ
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chapter of couples’ close social
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department stores, restaurants and
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Bella: That was a funny experience.
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Ken and Alan, one of the first coup
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a venue, agreeing the detail of the
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couldn’t make it on the day, whic
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encounters appear to exacerbate, ra
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civil partnership the law recognise
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commonplace example of the privileg
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Ed: Because the terminology is diff
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gay couple in Calgary than in the
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well, we should just get married th
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Chapter Eight: I don’t think I’
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locates same-sex marriage firmly wi
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that if children are exposed to inf
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aspect of the Proposition 8 vote is
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and social scientists, and their cr
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highlighted the importance of prohi
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This brief overview of the trial se
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campaign in place of wedding gifts.
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appears to strike defensive note, e
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the campaign, they were saying that
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explicitly political gesture. Other
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People don’t realise it’s still
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Chapter Nine: Conclusion: evaluatin
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etween marriage and other forms of
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However, this is not to overlook cr
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terms of the analysis of interview
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important to younger couples, thoug
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serious, solemn business and as som
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information in our dealings with st
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least in Canada and the UK, and is
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partnership. At the same time, Rob
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Ken Plummer (1995) has highlighted
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ANNEX A: TOPIC GUIDE FOR COUPLE RES
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Research Council and has received e
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ANNEX D: PEN-PICTURES OF RESEARCH P
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Susan and Maggie live in a suburb o
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Joanne and Lisa Together for eight
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Blumer, H. 1969. Symbolic interacti
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Clark, D. 1991. Constituting the ma
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Dingwall, R. 1977. ’Atrocity stor
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Findlaw.com. 2012b. Re: Marriage Ca
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Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. 200
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International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexua
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Land, V. and Kitzinger, C. 2005. Sp
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Morgan, D. 1996. Family connections
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Patterson, W. 2008. Narratives of e
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Rotello, G. 1997. Sexual ecology: A
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Stone, A. L. 2012. Gay rights at th
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Watney, S. 1994. Practices of freed
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