Gay Couples More Likely To Be Interracial Or Inter-Ethnic (2010 Census Analysis)

[Duncan Grant]

A new analysis of 2010 U.S. Census data has found that same-sex couples are more likely to be interracial or inter-ethnic compared to their heterosexual counterparts.

Analyzed by the UCLA School of Law's Williams Institute, "Same-Sex Couples In Census 2010: Race And Ethnicity" found that 20.6 percent, or more than one in five same-sex couples, were interracial or inter-ethnic, compared with 18.3 percent of straight unmarried couples, and 9.5 percent of straight married couples.

Among the study's other interesting findings: those same-sex couples which included a racial or ethnic minority were also more likely to be raising children, and the number of same-sex couple-led households increased at a faster rate between 2000 and 2010 compared to that of married or unmarried heterosexual households.

"This is our first 2010 glimpse of the racial and ethnic compositions of U.S. households headed by couples, including same-sex couples, Gary Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar at UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, said in an email statement. "The new Census data help provide a fuller picture of the diversity within the LGBT community."

Link here.

Link to full report (.pdf) here.

[dbackjon]

1. Inter-racial gay coupled here ;)

White-Hispanic

[yardwork]

6. Hey, me too!

[dbackjon]

9. Nice :)

[closeupready]

2. Dating another white guy has

always seemed too much like incest to me. Which I know is just me, since most gay white men date other gay white men, and don't think of it like that.

[dickthegrouch]

3. White and Asian here

Although the Asian is the citizen and the white, the immigrant. I think we'd have trouble in Arizona

[dbackjon]

10. Nah - Gubner and Sherriff like the Asians, since they are smart

And we are full of Canuckians, white immigrants are A-OK


My softball team (gay, of course is a rainbow - Hispanics, Asian, Black, White. Only non-citizen is a Canuck - so he gets teased about being the illegal (has green card)

[Fearless]

4. Oh the horror!!11!!

[mitchtv]

5. anglo and hispanic in this house

both american

[yardwork]

7. It turns out that we're all in Anglo-Hispanic pairings here? lol!

[beyurslf]

8. single white guy here but can't remember the last time i dated a white guy.

white guys? ewww!

[Creideiki]

11. I'm white. My partner is Pacific Islander.

I think the faster rate of increase has to do with us feeling more comfortable reporting to the census as one household (financial unit) instead of "roommates".