The post states that according to census data, some 20 percent-or 10,000-of almost 50,000 same-sex couples in Texas were raising children as of 2005. Separately, Diviesti also noted a January 2008 online post by the Williams Institute, a UCLA School of Law think tank that says it advances sexual orientation law and public policy through independent research. Some 34 percent of same-sex couples in San Antonio are raising children, Gates is quoted saying, placing the city No. One factor, the story says, is that a large number of gay couples, possibly a majority, previously had children with partners in heterosexual relationships. The Times’ story says Gates has concluded that child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country and that gay couples in states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas are more likely to be raising children than their counterparts on the West Coast, in New York and in New England. Census Bureau indicates there were about 581,000 same-sex couples in the United States in 2009. 18, quotes Gates saying that survey data gathered by the U.S. The article says the study was highlighted in a New York Times news article. The chart doesn’t specify what year it covers nor the number of gay couples raising children in the Austin area. 25 article on Gates’ work in the Dallas Voice, a gay-oriented newspaper, featuring a chart stating there are 3,178 gay couples raising children in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 2,458 in Houston-Sugarland-Baytown and 1,180 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, accounting for 6,816 couples in those metropolitan statisical areas. In response to our query, Diviesti told us most of his parental count was drawn from reported research by Gary Gates, a scholar at the University of California-Los Angeles. "Between Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas over 8,000 same-sex couples are raising children," said Michael Diviesti, state coordinator of GetEQUAL TX, part of a self-described national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights group advocating legal and social equality.
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