Definition of "same-sex"

Buffeted by criticism of his policy on Europe, battered by rebellion in the ranks over his bill to legalize same-sex marriage and wounded by the perception that he is supercilious, contemptuous and out of touch with mainstream Conservatism, Mr. Cameron earlier this week took the highly unusual step of sending a mass e-mail (or, as he called it, “a personal note”) to his party’s grass-roots members.

2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013

While there are a number of human characters—for example Steve Cortez, Kelly Chambers, Diana Allers, and Samantha Traynor—offered as potential same-sex partners for Shepard, these characters are not romance options until Mass Effect 2 or 3. Only Kaidan Alenko, among human same-sex romantic partners, participates in the player's squad at any time, providing he was not sacrificed in the first game, making most same-sex partners marginal to the player's overall experiences within the game.

2015, Summer Glassie, “"Embraced eternity lately?": Mislabeling and subversion of sexuality labels through the Asari in the Mass Effect trilogy”, in Matthew Wysocki, Evan W. Lauteria, editors, Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games‎ (Media Studes / Game Studies), Bloomsbury Publishing, page 164

The Taipei High Administrative Court on July 21 ruled that same-sex partners Lu Yin-jen (盧盈任), a Taiwanese, and Eizaburo Ariyoshi, a Japanese, should not have been barred from registering their marriage at a local household registration office.

2022 August 3, I-chia Lee, “Groups call for marriage equality with no borders”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 02 August 2022