Thursday, January 28, 2010

Two Gays are Better than One Straight

"Anti-gay marriage activists have argued vigorously that children need a mother and father. Now a new research study shows that kids do need two parents — but that gender doesn't matter."

Here is a link to the entire study.

Introductory Post

I am starting this blog for a couple of reasons. First, it is my aim to teach a semester-long course in an economics department on the economics of sexual orientation. At this point, I have parts of classes devoted to particular issues: measurement, the gay wage gap, the division of labor in glbt households. So this blog can serve as a house and organizing pont for various online materials that I find. Secondly, I am fascinated by the Perry v. Schwartzenneger trial that is going on right now and so I thought that such a blog is extraordinarily timely.