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Swedish lesbians more likely to wed than gay men

From The Local: http://www.thelocal.se/20802/20090721/

More female than male same-sex couples have chosen to marry since
Swedish homosexuals were granted the legal right to marry on May 1st, 2009.

Thirty-seven female couples have tied the knot since May, compared to 11
male couples, according to figures from Statistics Sweden (SCB).

In addition, the number of children of same-sex couples registered as
under Sweden's domestic partnership law has increased tenfold over the
last decade.

At the end of the 1990s, fewer than 70 children lived with parents who
were registered domestic partners. In 2008, 749 children lived with
same-sex couples who were registered partners.

A large majority of these children have two mothers, with 706 living
with female same-sex couples, compared to 43 who have two fathers.

“If you want to be crass, you can say that it's easier for female
same-sex couples to have children,” Ulrika Westerlund, vice chairman of
the the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Rights (RFSL), told Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.

“Since 2002, same-sex couples have been allowed to adopt, but there
hasn't been a single case that has been approved where it wasn't the
adoption of a close relative.”