Pedigree Forge allows same-sex couples, and doesn’t usually distinguish between the “husband” or “wife”, except in one specific scenario, as outlined below. The “husband” can be female and the “wife” can be male so “Partner 1” and “Partner 2” might be better terms.
Traditionally on family charts, the husband is placed to left of the wife, unless there is more than one wife, in which case the husband is flanked by the wives. Pedigree Forge uses “husband” and “wife” for this placement when creating charts.
By default, when creating a couple, the male is set as the “husband” and the female as the “wife”. If no sex has been assigned, the first of the couple is set as the “husband” and the other as the “wife”.
You are able to switch the roles for the active couple, if you prefer them to be represented the other way round on charts. First, ensure that the person being edited is one member of the couple, and the current spouse is the one who you wish to swap. Use the “Edit” menu to selected “Spouses” and “Swap roles”.
Technical note: these roles are also used when importing and exporting to GEDCOM, i.e. the “husband” is exported as the HUSB tag and the “wife” as the WIFE tag, likewise, when importing from GEDCOM, these tags are imported in this way. This is an historic artefact of the GEDCOM format.