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1. Study Explores Reasons Behind Alcohol Abuse in Non-Heterosexual Women

   Non-heterosexual women who feel a disconnect between who they are attracted to and how they identify themselves may have a higher risk of alcohol abuse, according to a new study led by Amelia E. Talley, an assistant professor in Texas Tech University's Department of Psychological Sciences.

2. Americans Support Local Food Markets to Feel Part of Something Bigger Than Themselves

   More Americans than ever before are supporting their local food markets, and it's not just because they believe the food is fresher and tastes better.

3. ASA Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court in Support of Marriage Equality

   The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus curiae brief yesterday with the Supreme Court of the United States in the same-sex marriage cases currently pending before the court. The ASA’s brief highlights the social science consensus that children raised by same-sex parents fare just as well as children raised by different-sex parents.

4. ASA Amicus Brief Supports Suits to Overturn Utah, Oklahoma Gay Marriage Bans

   The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit today supporting the fight to overturn gay marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma and continuing its now 13-month effort to highlight the overwhelming body of social science research that confirms “children fare just as well” when same-sex or heterosexual parents raise them. The 10th Circuit is scheduled to consider the lawsuits challenging the bans in the next several months.

5. ASA Amicus Brief Supports Suit to Overturn Virginia’s Gay Marriage Ban

   The American Sociological Association (ASA) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today supporting the fight to overturn Virginia’s gay marriage ban and continuing its now 14-month effort to highlight the overwhelming body of social science research that confirms “children fare just as well” when raised by same-sex or heterosexual parents. The Fourth Circuit is scheduled to consider the lawsuit challenging the ban in the near future.

6. Executive Officer Hillsman to Retire in May 2016

   

7. ASA requests that American Community Survey remain mandatory

   Honorable Danny Davis, Ranking Member
   Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia,
   Census and National Archives
   Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
   Washington, DC 20515

   Dear Ranking Member Davis:

   The American Sociological Association appreciates the opportunity to share our views about the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), an innovation that has greatly benefited social science researchers, policy makers, and the communities they both serve.

8. Study Identifies ‘Bonus Effect’ for Certain Multiracial Daters

   While previous research has documented the existence of a racial hierarchy within the dating world with white women and men on top, a new study finds that in certain circumstances multiracial daters are actually seen as more desirable than individuals from all other racial groups, including whites.

9. Sociologists to Take In-Depth Look at Chicago During ASA Annual Meeting

   At the American Sociological Association's 110th Annual Meeting, Chicago will be the subject of several regional spotlight sessions in which leading sociologists will present research on and discuss topics related to the city, including public education, social inequality, criminal justice, migration, and gentrification.

10. Childhood Adversity Launches Lifelong Relationship and Health Disadvantage for Black Men

    Greater childhood adversity helps to explain why black men are less healthy than white men, and some of this effect appears to operate through childhood adversity’s enduring influence on the relationships black men have as adults, according to a new study in the March issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.