This article speaks about how hard it is to be african american and gay. It compares black same-sex households to black married opposite-sex households, black opposite-sex couples cohabitating, as well as white gay households. African americans make up 14% of the 600,000 same-sex couples of all races. Dang and Frazer bring to light how these african american same-sex households earn less than any other type of household and are economically disadvantaged and within that lesbian couples, the women, continuing to learn less than same-sex male households. Also, without the benefits of healthcare due to gay households not being recognized as married couples, for example paid leave to care for a spouse or social security benefits, it becomes harder for same-sex households to provide for their family including their children. With these households being twice as likely to raise children than white same-sex households. Basically, this article emphasizes that with a race that is already disadvantaged due to oppression from a society that only sees an extremely "narrowed norm" , it's becomes 10 times as hard for african american families who choose to be in same-sex relationships to survive with the lack of support and opportunity as every other type of family.
Therefore my questions are: If society decides to allow all same-sex couples access to marriage benefits, will it help these issues, particularly african americans?
How does the african american families of these same-sex couples play a role in these issues?
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