same-sex
adjective
: of, relating to, or involving members of the same sex
same-sex twins
same-sex marriage
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For more than a century, the cultural norm in the United States was that nudity was acceptable—at least within same-sex environments.
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Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
In 2015, the Supreme Court issued a decision in , ruling that same-sex couples had the right to marry.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
In 2022, Nash-Betts and Betts made history as the first same-sex couple to appear on the cover of Essence.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
But Cuomo himself has a long list of progressive accomplishments, including criminal justice reforms and victories for same-sex rights, which once earned him staunch support on the left.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
But despite the production’s accomplished period physical trappings, there’s an air of very 21st-century thinking here — particularly in depictions of gender-blur and adult same-sex love within the Arab world — that feels more like wish-fulfillment than the film is prepared to acknowledge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Definitions of infertility vary, and some states exclude same-sex couples, single people, or those seeking egg freezing for genetic or gender-affirming reasons.
—Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The change was made as a result of a lawsuit filed by Jack County judge Brian Umphress, who is challenging the State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s decision to sanction another judge, Dianne Hensley, in 2019 for her refusal to marry same-sex couples.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The protections also would have applied only to same-sex couples who had registered their partnerships outside Hong Kong, a provision that advocacy groups criticized as discriminatory.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
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Jacob Beckert, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
In 2015, the Supreme Court issued a decision in , ruling that same-sex couples had the right to marry.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
In 2022, Nash-Betts and Betts made history as the first same-sex couple to appear on the cover of Essence.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
But Cuomo himself has a long list of progressive accomplishments, including criminal justice reforms and victories for same-sex rights, which once earned him staunch support on the left.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
But despite the production’s accomplished period physical trappings, there’s an air of very 21st-century thinking here — particularly in depictions of gender-blur and adult same-sex love within the Arab world — that feels more like wish-fulfillment than the film is prepared to acknowledge.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Definitions of infertility vary, and some states exclude same-sex couples, single people, or those seeking egg freezing for genetic or gender-affirming reasons.
—Madison Chapman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The change was made as a result of a lawsuit filed by Jack County judge Brian Umphress, who is challenging the State Commission on Judicial Conduct’s decision to sanction another judge, Dianne Hensley, in 2019 for her refusal to marry same-sex couples.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The protections also would have applied only to same-sex couples who had registered their partnerships outside Hong Kong, a provision that advocacy groups criticized as discriminatory.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Same-sex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/same-sex. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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