In addition, the data show, child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country, according to Gary Gates, a demographer at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gay couples in Southern states like Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are more likely to be raising children than their counterparts on the West Coast, in New York and in New England.
That information surprises me and makes sense at the same time. My first thought, which is also mentioned in the article, is that Southerners may be more likely to come out at a later age, more likely to get married, and more likely to have kids in heterosexual relationships before entering homosexual relationships. Maybe in other regions, people are more likely to have their first long-term, committed relationships be with someone of the same-sex. Having children then becomes a much more complicated, and often expensive, prospect.
This, however, was not surprising:
The pattern, identified by Mr. Gates, is also notable because the families in this region defy the stereotype of a mainstream gay America that is white, affluent, urban and living in the Northeast or on the West Coast.
And this makes this guy sound like an ass:
“We’re starting to see that the gay community is very diverse,” said Bob Witeck, chief executive of Witeck-Combs Communications, which helped market the census to gay people. “We’re not all rich white guys.”
Lots of people believe that homosexuality is biological and not a choice -- was this guy under the impression that it was a genetic difference unique to rich, white people? Dumb.
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