Homosexuality is a very controversial issue in the United States, but some trends show some normalization of the gay/lesbian lifestyle. According to Lee Condon (2001), the 2000 census should be considered the first census of gays and lesbians, because federal tallies attempted to count gay and lesbian households for the first time. When the data was released, it showed that 1.2 million unmarried same-sex partners had been identified. Single gays and lesbians were excluded from this part of the census, but a study commissioned by the national gay lobby, Human Rights Campaign, estimated that the 2000 census underestimated gay and lesbian couples by a factor of 62 percent (Condon, 2001). Regardless of whether or not the 2000 Census represented an accurate profile of gay and lesbian families or partnerships, what was revealed in the 2000 Census was that "an increasing number of American households are populated by gay or lesbian partners who have children from previous relationships, adoptions.” , or other procreative efforts” (Condon, 2001). What this data suggests is that there may be a gradual shift toward the normalization of gay and lesbian partnerships or families. A 2001 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that more than 76 percent of lesbians, gays and bisexuals believe there is greater acceptance. of their sexual orientation by the general public (Wellner, 2001). The survey also found that 73 percent of Americans believe hate crime laws should include crimes against gay and bisexual people, while 76 percent would support expanding employment discrimination laws to to protect diverse sexual orientations. Wellner (2001) noted that support for "legally sanctioned gay and lesbian marriages appears to be increasing...... middle of article...... in conservative, far-right, and primarily fundamentalist Christian sectors society's rejection of demands for additional protections for gays and lesbians is still imminent (Skover & Testy, 2002). In conclusion, although normalization strategies have helped gays/lesbians obtain certain rights; it tends to reduce sexual differences to sexual identities which ignore the complexity of the issue and its intersectionality with social differences and various forms of inequality. Anti-normalization, which characterizes radical sexual resistance, on the other hand calls into question considerations of sexual morality and normality and is less centered on identity politics. Anti-normalization policies could move us beyond concepts of identity and exclusion by encouraging a future in which new forms of sexual expression, relationships and communities are welcome..