This article analyzes the challenges of political representation of lesbian and gay communities, arguing that a proportional representation system would serve the communities better. Although lesbian and gay communities have increased their political power, few elected officials represent...

The issue of same-sex marriage, generally focused on arguments for the creation of such marriages, has recently centered on issues such as civil rights and equal protection of the laws. However, the preservation of same sex marriages can be justified on other grounds as well. In this article, I...

This paper examines the effect of sexuality at the 2010 and 2013 Australian federal elections. This is the first study to investigate the impact of sexuality on the vote in Australia. It demonstrates that gay and lesbian communities have distinct voting patterns when controlling for...

The purpose of this article is to examine the recent developments concerning same-gender parent adoptions in the Unites States and the Netherlands, and to compare the different routes these changes have taken. The first section of the article examines the present status of the case law in both...

In this article, I consider how the tax lawyer's generally-acknowledged duty to the tax system should be applied in the representation of lesbian and gay clients. Due to the significant initial advantages that taxpayers are thought to have over the government in the tax compliance and...

An important first step in research on gay or lesbian parenting includes accurately documenting the number of children who are being raised by gay or lesbian parents. US census data can provide accurate estimates of the number of children being raised by same-sex couples, but children being...

This article presents the first large-scale audit study of discrimination against openly gay men in the United States. Pairs of fictitious résumés were sent in response to 1,769 job postings in seven states. One résumé in each pair was randomly assigned experience in a gay campus...

Gays and lesbians have been fighting an uphill battle for equality from having benefits to being recognized as family members in emergency situations to the right to marry. In light of the current Unmarried Couple Adoption Ban in the state of Arkansas, this paper will explore this battlefront on...

In this paper I would like to analyze the processes whereby from 2001 on, marches, pride parades and demonstrations have become the most visible and contested activity of the Polish lesbian and gay movement. In the post-accession landscape, through public activist events, the figure of the...