do they just use one lastname ? or do the both use seperate names?
2007-06-04 18:22:45 · 11 answers · asked by delilah c 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Keep there own last name. Or hyphenate theirs and their partners name.
2007-06-04 18:27:40 · answer #1 · answered by korngoddess1027 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hopefully, they don't follow the lead of the heterosexual community. hyphenated names are confusing, especially when the person can't remember which name to use. it can become dangerous in the health care setting when records are filed under the first last name and not the second.
2007-06-05 01:27:26 · answer #2 · answered by KitKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some take the others last name, some keep their last names its all up to them.
2007-06-05 01:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Yaher S. 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any number of things, just like heterosexual couples.
Have one partner take the other's last name;
Hyphenate the two together;
Both keep their original name;
Make up or take a new last name together.
I've seen couples keep their original last names most often.
2007-06-05 01:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My wife and I have different last names. I wanted to keep mine as long as my kids were in school, but it's my married name so I really didn't want her to take mine. We may change our minds after the kids go off to college.
2007-06-05 01:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by momaab 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some couples take each persons surname hypenated eg.
Smith-Jones.
In our case my wife (gay marriage is legal in SA) took my surname since we both agreed it was the nicer surname.
Its just a matter of choice, there are no set rules.
2007-06-05 01:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by jovvijo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont see why homosexuals would get married if they weren't attracted to each other (yes, i am distorting your question by making the true assumption that gay marriage is an oxymoron)
However, the way things are going, there probably will be some mockery of normal marriage, where i suppose they will just decide on whose last names will be kept
2007-06-05 01:27:20 · answer #7 · answered by aznfanatic 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
the woman taking on the males last name is strictly a cultural thing. some countries and cultures women don't do that. homosexuality has taken on a different culture anyway, and what they choose to do with their last names will be apart of that culture.
it's all unclean!!!
2007-06-05 01:27:36 · answer #8 · answered by veronica r 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
i would take my partner's last name
2007-06-05 14:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by cd_aimee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A better question is what are we still doing in Iraq?
2007-06-05 01:27:06 · answer #10 · answered by JOHN 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋