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Classification of opposite/same sex status
This classification was approved as a departmental standard on October 22, 2007.
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Opposite-sex couple
This class includes couple families in which the members of the couple are of the opposite sex, one male and one female.
2
Same-sex couple
This class includes couple families in which the members of the couple are of the same sex, either both male or both female.
