Couples in same-sex marriages living longer: study
- Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 13.59
- Online news: Health
A new Danish study shows that couples in same-sex marriages are living longer, healthier lives. Men in same-sex marriages have also been found to live longer than men (either straight or gay) who are unmarried or divorced.
A large-scale Danish study finds that same-sex marriages are associated with longer lives.
"Among men in Denmark, it is more dangerous to be unmarried or divorced than to be married to another man," study researcher Martin Frisch of the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen and the Center for Sexology Research of Aalborg University told LiveScience.
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