The Gay Premium

What is the cost of being a second-class citizen? According to the New York Times, anywhere between $41,196 and $467,562. Those are the best- and worst-case extra costs that accrue to same-sex couples over a lifetime. The Times created a hypothetical same-sex couple whose situation would be similar to that of a heterosexual couple, and charted the additional costs they would bear based on varying income and other circumstances.