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Lesbian Husbands and Gay Wives: The Gendering of Gay Divorce | Katherine Franke @ Feminist Law Professors

Now that marriage is increasingly possible for same-sex couples, new spouses will find themselves governed by a set of legal rules that allocate rights and responsibilities and distribute and redistribute property in ways that were developed with heterosexual relationships in mind. After all, marriage has been one of society’s most gendered institutions.