Gary J. Gates is an American demographer and the Blachford-Cooper Distinguished Scholar at the

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, of which he is also the research director. He is an expert on the demography of

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populations in the United States. Prior to becoming a demographer, he worked as a

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and

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Education

Gates received his B.S. from the Johnstown branch of the

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, his

M.Div. For graduate-level theological institutions, the Master of Divinity (MDiv, ''magister divinitatis'' in Latin) is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America. It is the most common academic degree in seminaries and di ...

from St. Vincent College, and his Ph.D. from

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Work

Gates is the co-author of the 2004 book ''The Gay and Lesbian Atlas''. In 2013, he wrote an amicus brief for the

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case ''

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'' in which he outlined a number of statistics about same-sex couples in the United States. According to ''the Washington Post'', one of these statistics was that "about one in five gay and lesbian couples are raising children under age 18".

Personal life

Gates, who is gay, lives in

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with his husband.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gates, Gary J. Living people American demographers UCLA School of Law faculty University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown alumni Saint Vincent College alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)