Same-sex marriage is a hot-button issue that we read about in the news every day. Proponents are fighting to legalize same-sex marriage in states across the nation. Most recently, New York legalized same-sex marriage and couples will be able to marry beginning on July 24, 2011. Massachusetts was the first state in the US to legalize same-sex marriage, on May 17, 2004. Today over 16,000 couples have been married in Massachusetts and thousands more have married in Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Iowa, and the District of Columbia. These portraits show same-sex couples living their lives just like opposite-sex couples do, in their own homes with their children and pets. The families in these photos allowed me to go into their homes and reveal their worlds. My hope is that getting to know these couples through these intimate portraits will illustrate that same-sex marriage poses no threat to traditional marriage and that marriage equality is a right worth fighting for. |