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Pentagon to Determine Which Benefits to Offer Partners of Gay Troops

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Possible benefits that could be afforded to service members with same-sex partners will be the “the largest piece” of what the Pentagon intends to examine in the 60 days before “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is off the books, according to DOD officials.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Steven Hummer, chief of staff of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal Implementation Team, identified benefits Friday as among the policies “important to the department and service members” and said they’ll be examined before and after the military’s gay ban has been lifted.

“The department will continue to study existing benefits to determine those, if any, that should be reviewed based on policy, fiscal, legal and feasibility considerations, to give the service member the discretion to designate persons of their own choosing as beneficiaries,” Hummer said.

Full Story from The Washington Blade

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US: Military Gay Couples Can Marry, But Will Receive No Benefits

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Gay service members from Army soldiers to Air Force officers are planning to celebrate the official end of the military’s 17-year policy that forced them to hide their sexual orientation with another official act – marriage.

A 27-year-old Air Force officer from Ohio said he can’t wait to wed his partner of two years and slip on a ring that he won’t have to take off or lie about when he goes to work each day once “don’t ask, don’t tell” is repealed. He plans to wed his boyfriend, a federal employee, in Washington, D.C., where same-sex marriages are legal.

He asked not to be identified, following the advice of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a national organization that has cautioned those on active duty from coming out until the ban is off the books.

Full Story from The News Tribune

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FL: Orange County May Extend Benefits to Partners, Children of Gay Employees

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

Florida Gay Domestic Partner BenefitsOrange County leaders are poised Tuesday to extend benefits to the domestic partners and children of gay employees, a move that would mark another significant victory for local rights activists.

Five months ago, Orange leaders passed a human-rights ordinance that extended discrimination protections in local businesses and workplaces to gays, lesbians and transgender residents.

On Tuesday, commissioners are expected to approve a change to personnel policies that would give the families of gay workers the same life, health, dental, bereavement and other benefits that heterosexual employees receive.

Full Story from The Orlando Sentinel

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MI: Partners of State Employees Can Receive Benefits

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Michigan CapitolThe Michigan Civil Service Commission has decided to allow benefits for domestic partners of state employees.

Previously, only legal spouses were allowed benefits from the state.

A spokeswoman for Equality Michigan, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy and anti-violence organization, said in a news release Monday that the organization applauds the commission’s decision.

Full Story from Click on Detroit

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Mexico: House Votes in Favor of Benefits for Gay/Lesbian Couples

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

Mexico’s House of Representatives has voted to amend social security rules to include medical and social benefits for same-sex couples.

The vote Tuesday was 232 in favor and 58 against. The measure now goes to the Senate for debate.

The amendment deals with the Social Security Institute, which provides benefits to employees of private companies, and with a benefits program for government employees.

Full Story from The Washington Post

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Green Bay, Wisconsin May Extend Domestic Partner Benefits to City Employees

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

The City of Green Bay could be extending benefits to the domestic partners of city employees. The issue hasn’t reached the full council yet, but Tuesday night the Personnel Committee tried to better define the debate.

“When you commit to a person you care for them and that’s what domestic partner benefits would be all about,” longtime Public Works Department employee David Fowles said. “It’s caring for the person you love the most.”

Fowles came to the meeting armed with determination and his domestic partner registration.

Full Story from Fox11

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US: Expanded Benefits for Same Sex Partners of Federal Employees

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

In what amounts to a second bite at the apple, President Obama finalized a policy he announced last year at Pride Month, expanding benefits for same-sex partners of federal government employees.

Under the Presidential memorandum, he has added family assistance services, hardship transfers and relocation expenses to the roster of allowable benefits. He also set up a process whereby any new benefits conferred on heterosexual couples in government agencies would be made “available on equal terms” to same-sex couples, “to the extent permitted by law.”

This is where we get into a gray area, because the Defense of Marriage Act and other statutes limit the kind of benefits that can be offered by the federal government in conflict with state laws.

Full Story from Firedoglake

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NY: Catholic University Gives Benefits to Faculty Same Sex Partners

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

I graduated from Fordham’s College at Lincoln Center in 1985, and I never thought I’d see this day. Papa Ratzi is probably enraged. How will he explain this move by Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham?

I’m sure Benedict got a letter before this announcement went out in Fordham’s student newspaper, The Observer (Blender Donica and I both did reporting/production on the old-school print paper back in the day):

Faculty members fought for four years to extend equal benefits for every member of the faculty, regardless of sexual orientation. Previously, legally domiciled adults (LDAs) were not recognized in the faculty’s benefits package. This means that same-sex marriages and partnerships, including relationships between two men, two women, or between an unmarried man and woman, were not afforded the same benefits as marriages between heterosexual individuals. LDA benefits also extend to faculty members who may be responsible for caring for an elderly parent or another dependent adult in their household.

Full Story from Pam’s House Blend

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MD: State Updates State Worker Policy to Recognize Out of State Same Sex Marriages

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Maryland updated its benefits policy for state employees on Wednesday to include same-sex spouses who possess a valid marriage certificate from another jurisdiction. The Maryland Department of Management and Budget updated the policy in its role as administrator of the state employee benefits program.

The change was made after a legal opinion issued by Attorney General Doug Gansler in February that concluded Maryland must recognize out-of-state gay marriages until the Legislature or courts decide otherwise.

David Rocah, staff attorney for the ACLU of Maryland, described the change as “a very small step in the right direction.”

Full Story from the Washington Examiner

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Would DADT Repeal Give Military Gay/Lesbian Partners Benefits?

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) debate is heating up and individuals like myself have sparked a controversial question. Will the legal spouses of gay service members be offered the same benefits as their straight counterparts? A leading gay marriage activist is speaking out in our defense.

“Gay people serving in the military, defending our country, should have the same rules and same opportunities as any other Americans, no more and no less,” Evan Wolfson, founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry, told The Washington Times yesterday.

“The irony is that if gay people were saying we should have a special right not to serve, the anti-gay groups would be clamoring to force gay people into the military,” Mr. Wolfson said in a statement. “There is no good reason for denying gay Americans either the ability and duty to serve our country or the freedom to marry, with the same rules, same responsibilities, and same respect as any other committed couples.”

Full Story from Lez Get Real

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