A new study of US Census Bureau statistics shows that nearly two-thirds of New York City’s same-sex couples live outside of Manhattan including 92-percent of those raising children.The study also found that nearly half of the same-sex couples in the Bronx have children.
The results were released Tuesday by the Williams Institute, a research facility at the University of California Los Angeles.
The study was based on data from Census 2000. It found there are nearly 26,000 same-sex couples in New York City, but that 62-percent live outside of Manhattan.
“We need to look beyond Will and Grace to understand the lives of gay and lesbian New Yorkers,” said study co-author and Senior Research Fellow Gary Gates.
Census data show that New York City¹s same-sex couples are raising an estimated 8,400 children in their homes.(keep reading)
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