[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/cohabitation-before-marriage-is-it-assumed-for-lgbtq-couples\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/cohabitation-before-marriage-is-it-assumed-for-lgbtq-couples\/","headline":"Cohabitation Before Marriage: Is it Assumed for LGBTQ Couples?","name":"Cohabitation Before Marriage: Is it Assumed for LGBTQ Couples?","description":"By Kirsten Ott Palladino Americans are increasingly saying \u201cI do\u201d to living together before marriage, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease...","datePublished":"2013-04-04","dateModified":"2021-06-30","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/#Person","name":"Equally Wed","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/admin\/","identifier":787,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca62cf123aaaf135c80b055249bacbda79de9226e11cdfcde6529bedf89683de?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hers-hers-pillows.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hers-hers-pillows.jpg","height":391,"width":600},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/cohabitation-before-marriage-is-it-assumed-for-lgbtq-couples\/","about":["Planning"],"wordCount":337,"articleBody":"By Kirsten Ott PalladinoAmericans are increasingly saying \u201cI do\u201d to living together before marriage, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports The Los Angeles Times.The newly released report is based on data from the CDC\u2019s National Survey of Family Growth. The study focuses on the results of survey answers given by more than 12,000 women between the ages of 15 and 44 who are cohabiting with men.\u201cAmong the women, 48% told interviewers that they were living with their significant other but were not married to them,\u201d Karen Kaplan writes. \u201cIn 1995, only 35% of women were cohabiting with their partners, according to a previous edition of the survey.\u201dSo what does this study have to do with our 4% of the country? Well, it\u2019s more likely that LGBTQ couples are living together before marriage\u2014even though states are passing marriage equality laws at a more rapid speed than we\u2019ve ever seen. And so it\u2019s assumed that we\u2019ll live together, and possibly even have children together, before we walk down the aisle and say \u201cI do.\u201dPerhaps it\u2019s because up until 2004 when Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to offer marriages to same-sex couples, a legally recognized marriage wasn\u2019t even possible in the entire country. But now we can get legally married in nine states plus D.C. and hopefully soon, the federal government will even graciously recognize those marriages.Considering the significant developments in marriage equality coming about for our civil rights, will this change (or has it already changed) how you think about living together before marriage? Are there other reasons you didn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t cohabitate before marriage? Family pressure? Religion? Societal mores?Be part of our community. Share your thoughts in the comments, Tweet us @EquallyWed or submit a post of your own on this topic!Equally Wed is the world’s leading digital wedding and honeymoon resource for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and allied couples.Photo: Faceplant Dreams"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Cohabitation Before Marriage: Is it Assumed for LGBTQ Couples?","item":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/cohabitation-before-marriage-is-it-assumed-for-lgbtq-couples\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]