Despite the legalization of same-sex marriage across the US, research on young adults’ marital aspirations has tended to overlook sexual identity altogether or focus exclusively on those who are heterosexual. To address this, in this article, I draw upon quantitative and qualitative data from an online survey to describe the marital aspirations and motivations of a convenience sample of sexual minority young adults ( N = 256). Descriptive analyses indicate that although a majority of respondents would like to marry someday, a similar number claim that getting married is not “a major life goal.” Those who want to marry cite several primary reasons, including companionship and lifelong commitment, but also qualify their marital aspirations in several ways, including by questioning both the necessity and normativity of marriage. The relatively small number of respondents do not want to marry express similar concerns and critique marriage as a heteronormative institution.

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“我愿意，但如果我不这样做，我的世界就不会结束”：性少数年轻人的婚姻愿望

尽管同性婚姻在美国已经合法化，但对年轻人婚姻愿望的研究往往完全忽视性别认同或只关注异性恋者。为了解决这个问题，在本文中，我利用在线调查的定量和定性数据来描述性少数年轻人的便利样本（N = 256）的婚姻愿望和动机。描述性分析表明，尽管大多数受访者希望有一天结婚，但也有类似数量的受访者声称结婚并不是“主要的人生目标”。那些想要结婚的人列举了几个主要原因，包括陪伴和终身承诺，但也通过多种方式来限定他们的婚姻愿望，包括质疑婚姻的必要性和规范性。相对较少的不想结婚的受访者表达了类似的担忧，并批评婚姻是一种异性恋制度。