ABSTRACT
Quantitative studies on sexuality have generated data primarily on those who are willing to identify with specific terminology. As anyone who is a part of—and/or who has studied—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities knows, it is often difficult to get people to pin down their gender and sexual identity. All cisgender male and non-binary participants identified as gay or queer. Cisgender female participants identified as lesbian, gay women, queer, bisexual, and dyke. One participant was a queer cisgender woman who had been in relationship with a cisgender man and one genderqueer participant was married to a “queer gay man.” As with all families, relationship statuses often change over time. While couples in long-term partnerships were often socially similar to those who were legally married, the legal inequities they faced and the political complexities where they lived often impacted their experiences of reproductive loss in significant ways.
