Five years after the nation’s first legal same-sex marriages, a new study looks at what’s changed for gay couples since tying the knot.

Gay marriage banned in California. A big new movie about activist Harvey Milk. We’ll talk with gay Americans about this moment for gay rights.

It may be beautiful, but everybody knows marriage isn’t easy.
Who pays the bills? Who works or stays home? Who unloads the dishwasher?
So what about gay marriage? Gay partnerships?
Yesterday, California was ringing with gay wedding bells, on its first full day of legal gay marriage. But gay marriage is not new anymore. [...]

For much of the country, it felt like a bolt from the blue. Last week, giant California gave a green light to gay marriage.
California’s high court, in a 4-3 ruling, said civil union rights were not enough. Gay Californians — and those from anywhere else who barrel west to the Golden State — are entitled, [...]