Same-sex relationship

"Same-gender relationship" redirects here. For marriage between two people of the same sex or gender, see same-sex marriage. For Same-sex couples who are parenting children, see Same-sex parenting. For other uses, see Same-sex.

A same-sex relationship, also known as same-gender relationship is a romantic or sexual relationship between people of the same sex or gender.

Some couples in same-sex relationships have children, both biological or non-biological, such as adoptive or foster children, and are parenting them with their partner.

Same-gender or same-sex marriage refers to the institutionalized recognition of such relationships in the form of a marriage; civil unions exist in some countries where same-sex marriage does not.

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