Same-sex couples earn less than heterosexual ones, data show
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Rhonda Stubbs holds her 3-year-old daughter Chrystrell, and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn, N.Y., with her civil union partner Michelle Minthe and their daughters Lamel, 9, and Shabrina, 12. (Photo by Zachary Goelman)
Researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA found a large income gap between same-sex couples and married heterosexuals. The gap is even more pronounced among non-white gays and lesbians, who make up 20% of same-sex parents.
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