...like Olivia Newton-John?
If a guy called Smith got married to a guy named Brown, would they become "Mr. & Mr. Smith-Brown" or "Mr. & Mr. Brown-Smith"?
2007-01-24 21:25:19 · 10 answers · asked by Just Ask Ashley 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
For the most part, I believe that it depends on what they want to do. I know a few couples that have kept their own names after a civil ceremony, since I don't think that you can change names based on that here in the US? But even if they could, they have decided that they would keep their own names. My partner and I, though, is a different story. When we finally get to Canada and get married, he is planning to change his last name to mine, if at all possible. He already uses it here on yahoo, and he isn't really all to fond of his family, based on the way they have treated him at times.
What is common there is Australia? I guess you can't get married, but do they have civil unions or anything like that?
2007-01-25 00:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or like the more modern trend even with heterosexuals...they each keep their own names.
Does it really matter? I had a hyphenated last name, but that's because I chose to keep my maiden name and make it part of my new married name. Since my divorce I dropped the hyphen and my maiden name is now my middle name. It's less confusing for my son who has his father's last name...and now so do I...but that's the only reason I kept it at all.
2007-01-25 08:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I witnessed for a lesbian couple who got married earlier this month. There's no legal requirement to change your surname. It's entirely up to you. You could even change it to something totally different, like Green, if you wish.
If I were to get married, I'd keep my surname. My boss and his wife kept their surnames too. (Straight couple)
2007-01-25 05:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by Angelpaws 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it's not the surname so much as it's the title. One could be called "pitcher" and the other called "catcher" Or one go by Bruce and the other Sidney.
2007-01-25 05:31:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Let me see...I kinda like Matteo Your Gay Lord - Ashley.
An Aussieom-Italian Nobile celebration.
2007-01-25 05:50:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no (legal) need to take on another's name, just because you've married. So both are equally valid choices but they are not required.
2007-01-25 05:33:20 · answer #6 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do they have to change their names at all?
There are heterosexual couples that each keep their own names. Why should they have to change their names?
2007-01-25 05:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by london.oval 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mr and mr it really doesn't matter it is whatever they are comfortable with
2007-01-25 05:29:03 · answer #8 · answered by HottielesbianTX 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you want to know?
are you one of them?
2007-01-25 05:41:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
mr and mr std
2007-01-25 05:29:44 · answer #10 · answered by Are we using our brains today 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋