Recognized The extension of civil marriage, union, and domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples in various jurisdictions can raise legal issues upon dissolution of these unions that are not experienced by opposite-sex couples, especially if law of their residence or nationality does not have same-sex marriage or partnerships.
[16] Another study on short-term same-sex registered partnerships in Norway and Sweden found that divorce rates were higher for same-sex couples than opposite-sex marriages,[17] and that unions of lesbians are considerably less stable than unions of gay men.
[19] The divorce rate of same-sex couples within 29 months of the introduction of legally binding civil partnerships was slightly less than one percent in the United Kingdom.
[20] As of 2013, lesbian couples were twice as likely to initiate actions to end legally recognized partnerships as compared to gay men.
[22] According to Office for National Statistics, divorce rate of heterosexual couples is at its lowest since 1971 in England and Wales.
[25] The Washington Post retracted a headline about this report, since the study had incorrectly calculated the percentage from an error in capturing when the same-sex marriages began.