Statistics of Same-Sex Marriage - United States - France - Taiwan

Introduction

Homosexuality is defined as being attracted to someone of the same sex. With “Gay” being

the term coined for men, and “Lesbian” being the term coined for women (The Editors of

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018). Lesbians and gays are part of the LGBT community, with

the B standing for bisexual and the T standing for transgender. As of 2018, the abbreviation

has expanded to include the letters Q for queer, I for intersex, A for asexual and a “+” sign to

include any other unincluded sexualities. The new abbreviation is now LGBTQIA+ (Gold,

Marriage is traditionally defined as a legal union between two people, usually a man and a

woman (Akpan, 2017). Same-sex marriage is the practice of marriage between two people,

which can either be both men, or both women. This is not the "norm" that most people are

used to, which led to debates on same-sex marriage’s morality, religiousity, and legality

(Akpan, 2017).

“Gays”

“Lesbians”