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Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York American Association of University Professors American Institute of Research American Library Association American University, Washington, D.C. Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts Antioch, Yellow Springs, Ohio - Note: Also has affiliates in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Seattle, and Keene, New Hampshire. Augsburg College, Minneapolis Minnesota (1999) - Benefit: Medical, tuition, sick/funeral/parenting leave, optional life insurance. For same-sex only. Effective April 1, 1999. Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana - Benefit: Medical, paid bereavement leave for death of a partner’s relative. Effective July 2002. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Bradford College, Maine Brandeis University, Massachusetts Brooklyn Law School, New York Bloomfield College Broward County Community College, Florida - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island California Academy of Science California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, California California State University (CSU) (2000) - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex partners and workers in unmarried opposite-sex couples who are both are at least 62. Implemented Feb. 1, 2000. California Western Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2000) - Benefit: For same- and opposite-sex partners. Effective July 1, 2000. Central Florida Community College, Florida Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania City University of New York Claremont College, Claremont, California - Note: Also includes McKenna, Pitzer, Pomonoa, Scripps, Harvey-Mudd Colleges. Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts Cleveland State, Ohio Colby College, Waterville, Maine Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Columbia College, Tuolumne County, California - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex only. Columbia University, New York, New York Columbia University Clerical Workers, New York, New York Columbia University Teachers College, New York, New York Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire - Benefit: For same-sex partners only. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, New Hampshire - Note: Announced plans to offer benefits in 2003. DeAnza Community College Cupertino, California Denison University, Granville, Ohio - Benefit: For same-sex partners only. Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania - Benefit: Medical, survivor benefits, e-mail and library services, fitness center, gym privileges. For all faculty and staff. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina - Benefit: For faculty, staff, graduate students. For same-sex couples only. - Note: General benefits offered since about 1994; optional insurance for partner was to be offered in 1998, but state Dept. of Insurance demands it be offered to unmarried opposite-sex couples as well. For now, the U. is paying cost of insurance difference directly to the same-sex couples. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan Einstein Medical College Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (1995) - Benefit: Medical, dental, sick leave, access to libraries and physical education facilities. Implemented 1995. Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California Florida International University, Florida - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. Florida Keys Community College - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. Furman University, Greenville, S.C. (2001) - Benefit: Medical, dental, life insurance. For faculty and staff. Implemented July 1, 2001. - Note: Furman, historically a Southern Baptist college, severed its relationship with the South Carolina Baptist Convention in 1992. Garden Valley State University, Michigan General Theological Seminary (Episcopal) - Benefit: Housing for same-sex committed couples who are students. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa - Benefit: Medical. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota (1999) - Benefit: Medical, dental, parental leave, library privileges, gym privileges, sporting events, etc. - all the same benefits offered to opposite-sex partners EXCEPT for a big one, tuition benefits. For same-sex only. Effective September 1999. - Note 1: Affidavit Requirements: 1. In relationship for continuous 6 months. 2. Sole partner, intend to remain so. 3. Neither is married to anyone else. 4. No other partner, marriage, etc., in the past 6 months. 5. Both at least 18 and mentally competent. 6. Not related by blood closer than laws allow for marriage. 7. Cohabit, and plan to do so indefinitely. 8. Engaged in a committed relationship of mutual caring and support and are jointly responsible for common welfare and living expenses. 9. Not in the relationship solely for the purpose of obtaining benefit coverage. - Note 2: Requirements, such as cohabitation, joint living expenses, already in a relationship for any amount of time, are not required of legally married couples applying for benefits. And there is no way to determine if an opposite-sex couple married solely for the medical and other benefits. Hamilton College, Clinton, New York - Benefit: Full benefits, however, insurer won’t cover - so employees get reimbursements. Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts - Note: Must register domestic partner in Cambridge or other city. Hillsborough Community College - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio - Note: Unofficial. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York Hunter College, New York, New York - Benefit: Medical. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois - Benefit: Bereavement and sick leave, tuition waivers, use of recreational facilities, various counseling programs. - Note: Couples must attest that they are each other’s sole domestic partner and intend to remain so indefinitely; have lived together for at least 12 months, and must present evidence of shared financial obligations; none of these are required of legally married couples. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex only. Students may purchase insurance that is not subsidized. - Note: Employees are required to register with IU, and possibly provide joint banking accounts, or mortgage statements. None of these restrictions are required of legally married partners. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (2000) - Benefit: Medical. - Note: Iowa Board of Regents voted on June 14, 2000 to extend spousal health insurance benefits to employee’s same-sex partners. Employees have been able to purchase the coverage since 1993, but now the University will make the same contribution to cover a domestic partner that it does to cover a legally married spouse, about $1,200 per year. Total cost to the college per year is expected to be a meager $18-$43,000. Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York - Benefit: Housing only? - Note: City Human Rights Commission found housing restrictions unfair to un-married. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland - Benefit: Medical, dental, life and dependent personal accident insurance, tuition grant and remission, leave time under the Family & Medical Leave Act, privileges in the Hopkins athletic centers and library, participating in the Johns Hopkins Federal Credit Union. For same-sex partners only. Offered since January 1, 1999. - Benefit: Must sign affidavit that requires the couple to be “financially interdependent” and to “share financial obligations,” - not required of married couples and may be contrary to interpersonal contracts. Julliard School of Music, New York, New York Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio - Benefit: For same-sex partners only. Lake-Sumter Community College, Florida Lansing Community College, Michigan (2002) - Note: Voted October 2002. Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota Manatee Community College, Florida Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts Miami-Dade Community College, Florida - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. Miami University, Ohio (July 2004) - Benefit: Medical, dental, tuition remission, ticket discounts. For faculty and staff. - Note 1: As of 2005, about 30 people had taken advantage of the benefits. Overall, the school pays $50 million in annual benefits for faculty and staff members, spending an estimated $100,000 on domestic partner benefits. - Note 2: Benefits were challenged in a November 2005 suit brought by state Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr., (R-Cincinnati). He claimed, in Brinkman v. Miami University, that the state’s anti-marriage amendment — which came into law four months after benefits were offered at the University — prevents job benefits. If his suit succeeded, as of December 22, 2005, 30 employees would have lost insurance for their partners. The University asked the court to dismiss the suit in December 2005, saying Brinkman’s interpretation of the constitution was in error. On November 20, 2006, Butler County Common Pleas Judge Charles Pater dismissed the lawsuit stating that state Rep. Brinkman had no legal standing to sue the university as a taxpayer. The court affirmed that his daily life is unaffected when the domestic partners of lesbian and gay university employees receive medical insurance. Brinkman claimed the dismissal was “based on a technicality” and he said he will appeal. After the November 2006 dismissal University spokeswoman Claire Wagner stated: “Miami University is pleased with this judgment. It means we can continue to provide these benefits uninterruptedly. The university offers domestic partner benefits because we believe it’s the right thing to do and because it allows us to attract high-quality faculty and staff.” In July 2007, Lambda Legal argued before the court that Brinkman had no standing to sue, because the University pays for its domestic partner benefits with privately donated funds, not with tax dollars or tuition. He also had not shown that he suffered any direct impact that would be corrected if Miami University took away the health and dental insurance it currently offers to the domestic partners of university employees. On August 28, 2007 the Court of Appeals of Ohio affirmed the lower court ruling which dismissed the lawsuit brought by state Rep. Tom Brinkman Jr. which sought to take away the Miami University domestic partner benefits. The court’s unanimous decision says, “We conclude that Brinkman’s status as an Ohio taxpayer does not give him standing to challenge the university’s policy of providing health insurance benefits to same-sex domestic partners of its employees.” Michigan State University, East Lansing, Minnesota (1997) - Benefit: Medical, dental, insurance, post-retirement benefits. Implemented 1997. - Note: Required to be in a long-term, committed relationship for at least 6 months, and intend to remain together indefinitely; none of which is required of legally married couples. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Mills College Mission College, Santa Clara, California Modesto Junior College, California - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex partners only. Moorehead State University, Moorhead, Minnesota - Note: Unofficial. New York Law School, New York, New York - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex partners only. New York University, New York, New York - Benefit: For same-sex partners only. New York University Law School, New York, New York North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Benefit: Medical. For students only. North Dakota State University, Fargo Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan - Benefit: Employee designates any individual; no domestic partner designation. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois - Benefit: Medical for faculty, staff, students. For same-sex partners only. Oakton Community College (Des Plaines, Illinois) - Benefit: Medical, stop-loss, vision, dental, sick leave, bereavement, tuition, fee waiver. For both same- and opposite-sex partners. - Note: Requirements: 1. 18+ years of age. 2. Share a close personal relationship and responsibility for each other’s common welfare. 3. Not married to anyone nor have had another domestic partner within the last 6 months. 4. Not related by blood closer than would bar marriage in the state in which they reside. 5. Share the same permanent residence and intend to continue to do so indefinitely. 6. Jointly responsible (but not necessarily equally responsible) for basic living expenses, meaning food, shelter and any other expenses resulting from the partnership. 7. Mentally competent to consent to contract when the partnership began. - Further: Couples must provide three of the following: 1. Joint mortgage, lease or rental agreement. 2. Designation of partner as beneficiary for employee’s life insurance or retirement account. 3. Designation of the partner as primary beneficiary in the employee’s will; or 4. Joint ownership of motor vehicle, joint checking or joint credit account; or partners who possess a Domestic Partnership Certificate issued by Cook County, Illinois are not required to produce additional documentation. None of the above is required of legally married couples. Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Occidental College, Los Angeles, California - Benefit: Medical, dental, tuition remission. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Ohio University, Ohio Okaloosa-Walton College, Florida Oregon Health Science University, Portland, Oregon - Benefit: Medical, dental, life. Oregon State University, Corvalis, Oregon Palm Beach Community College, Florida (2008) - Benefit: Medical, dental. - Note: For more than a year, two trustees prevented College employees with domestic partners from purchasing insurance for their families. During that time, the college implemented a program allowing employees to purchase medical insurance for their pets. While the domestic partners and children of PBCC employees were uninsured, their puppies and kittens were covered. Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois (2005) Pasco-Hernando Community College, Florida Pitzer College, Claremont, California Pomona College, Claremont, California Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Purdue University Rice University, Houston, Texas (2000) - Benefit: Medical. Implemented June 2000. - Note: Rice employees’ partners had already been granted ID cards, library and gym privileges, and recognition under the definition of relatives in the University’s nepotism policy. Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey Rochester Institute of Technology, New York Rockefeller University Rollins College, Florida Rush University, Chicago, Illinois Santa Fe Community College, Florida Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York Scripps Research Institute, The Seminole Community College, Florida Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts Skidmore College, Sarasota Springs, New York Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts - Benefit: Tuition waivers. For same-sex partners only. Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (2006) - Benefit: Medical? - Note: As of February 13, 2006, same-sex and domestic partners can live in on-campus housing. The new housing policy makes the University compliant with the Illinois Human Rights Act, which was updated January 1, 2006. Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Larry Dietz said the policy is a housing issue as well as an employment issue. Same-sex and domestic partners can now live in residence halls, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender housing staff can now have their families live with them on campus. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas (2002) - Benefit: Medical, reduced tuition partners. For same-sex partners only. Effective January 1, 2002. Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California - Benefit: Medical, life insurance. Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Stetson University, Florida State Universities of New York SUNY Purchase, New York SUNY Stony Brook, New York Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Syracuse University, New York Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York Thomas Jefferson University & Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Benefit: Retirement benefits transfers to surviving partner. Trinity College - Note: Sorry, don’t know which of the four Trinitys. Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts - Benefit: Same-sex faculty, staff, students only. - Note: As legal marriage is available in Massachusetts, partners must marry to retain benefits. Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York University of Alaska, Alaska University of Arizona, Tucson (2005) - Benefit: Reduced tuition rates. For same- and opposite-sex partners. Implimented fall 2005. - Note: Required to sign Tucson’s domestic partner registry. Required to cohabit, not required of married partners. The benefits follow decades-long lobbying. University of California (1997) [Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, California, plus three national laboratories] - Benefit: Medical. Implemented 1997. Retirement benefits approved May 16, 2002. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex partners only. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado - Benefit: Gym use. Possibly covers student’s medical; news reports too vague. University of Denver, Colorado - Benefit: Medical, tuition waivers, facility access, various discounts. For same-sex partners only. University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida (2006) - Benefit: Medical, sick and bereavement leave. For both same-and opposite-sex partners. Enacted February 2006. - Note: The school’s Board of Trustees voted 12-1 on December 2, 2005, to make it the state’s first public university to approve such a policy. University of Illinois System: Chicago, Springfield, Urbana-Champaign - Benefit: Medical, dental, vision, as well as sick, parental, family and bereavement leave. For same-sex partners only. - Note: Required to cohabit not less than ½ year, and older than 18, and “are jointly responsible for each other's common welfare and shared financial obligations” — none of which is required of legally married partners. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa University of Louisville, Kentucky (2006) - Benefit: Medical. University of Maine - Benefit: Medical, tuition waivers. University of Miami, Florida - Benefit: Medical, dental, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, retirement planning, discounted tickets to UM sports events, access to campus health center and libraries. For same-sex couples faculty and staff only. - Note: Required to show proof of committed relationship by joint ownership of assets - such as property and financial accounts (not required of legal marriage) — or through other legal documents. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan - Benefit: Medical. University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan University of Michigan, Flint, Michigan University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Montana (2005) - Benefit: Medical. implemented July 1, 2005. - Note 1: The University System requires that couples prove, among other things, joint tenancy or joint home ownership for the last 12 months and that the partner is ineligible for other insurance. In addition couples must prove 3 of the following criteria: 1. Joint ownership or lease of motor vehicle. 2. At least one joint liability, such as a loan or credit card. 3. Mutually granted powers of attorney for finances or health care. 4. Designated each other as primary beneficiary in wills, life insurance policies, or 5. retirement annuities, or Meet the Internal Revenue Service definition of a dependent. NONE of these are required of legally married couples. - Note 2: In 2002, two UM employees filed a discrimination suit based in the denial of medical insurance to their same-sex partners. The U. provided medical benefits for non-married, opposite-sex couples, upon signing an affidavit of common-law marriage, a status not available to same-sex couples in the U.S. In December 2004, the Montana Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that same-sex partners of University system employees must have the same right to insurance benefits. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota - Benefit: Married couple housing for same-sex families; program discounts for students, faculty and staff partners; faculty and staff sick and bereavement leave to care for same-sex partner. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon - Benefit: Student housing. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Benefit: For same-sex partners only. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2004) - Benefit: Tuition remission, facility access only for same-sex partners; no insurance. - Note 1: In September 2004, the school offered medical insurance to both same-and opposite-sex couples. - Note 2: ACLU sued in 1996 on behalf of seven current and former employees who were denied insurance for their domestic partners. After vigorously defending the lawsuit for more than eight years, the university offered the insurance. Chancellor Mark Nordenberg notified employees of the policy change, citing the need to remain competitive in the recruitment of “top talent” as a principal factor in deciding to provide the benefits. University of Rochester, New York University of South Florida, Tampa (2009) - Benefit: Offered to both same- and opposite-sex couples. - Note 1: Out of about 13,000 employees on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Lakeland, about 6,000 are eligible to receive benefits. Based on national averages, only 1 percent of those — or about 60 people — might participate. University of Southern California University System of New Hampshire (2002) [state colleges, College of Lifelong Learning, U. of New Hampshire] - Benefit: For same-sex domestic partners only; qualifications and benefits were not set as of December 2, 1999, when they were instituted; effective February 1, 2000. University of Tampa, Florida University of Utah (2004) - Benefit: Medical, life insurance; students and staff pay all benefit costs. Effective July 2004. - Note: U.U. decided against free benefits primarily because of the cost. Medical plans run $178-$515/month. In 2001, the U. began helping spouses and partners of faculty and staff who needed assistance or access to services such as finding a new job or child care. University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (1990) - Benefit: Medical, life insurance, access to university facilities, free tuition. For same-sex partners only. Effective since the early 1990s. - Note: As of September 28, 2000, employees with a same-sex domestic partner must obtain a Civil Union by December 31, 2001, if they wish to maintain their benefits. New hires will have to certify that they are married or unionized in order to get spousal benefits. New out-of-state employees have 90 days to enter a civil union or forgo the benefits. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington - Benefit for Staff: bereavement. Benefit for Faculty and staff: use of Intramural Athletics Complex (IMA). Benefit for Students: medical, married students’ housing, use of IMA, buying UW sports tickets. University of West Virginia, Morgantown - Benefit: Bereavement and/or family illness leave. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin - Benefit: Married student housing; student health insurance plan; faculty/staff access to sports facilities; helps domestic partners of newly hired employees find jobs and receive in-state tuition; partners qualify for library cards and passes to UW recreational facilities. To qualify, they fill a form verifying they are in a committed relationship with commingled finances. - Note: On November 8, 2006 an anti-gay, anti-marriage, anti-Civil Union, and anti-existing legal protections for all unmarried couples constitutional amendment passed. On November 22, 2006, UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley said the amendment makes it unlikely that Wisconsin’s legislature will add medical insurance benefits for domestic partners. UW-Madison is the only school in the “Big 10” that doesn’t offer medical insurance coverage for domestic partners. He said the lack of benefits puts the university at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting and retaining employees. “In this one instance we are now apparently forced to discriminate very much against our will,” he said. Wiley also said that the current benefits and services offered for same-sex couples will remain in place, unless a court orders a change. University of Wisconsin Credit Union, Madison, Wisconsin - Benefit: Bereavement and/or family illness leave. Valencia Community College, Florida Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee - Benefit: Medical, dental, life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; use of recreation and child care centers; tuition benefit for partner or partner’s children; faculty eligible for survivors benefits under faculty home purchasing plan mortgage loans. For same-sex partners only. - Note: Couples required to prove they have been in a relationship for six months - not required of legally married couples. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex partners only. Effective September 1, 2000. - Note: Couples required to prove they have been in a relationship for a year - not required of legally married couples. Benefits not offered to employees of the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington Washington University, Saint Louis, MO (1999) - Benefit: Medical, dental, life insurance. For both same- and opposite-sex couples. Implemented at least since 1999. Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - Benefit: Medical, dental, sick leave, tuition discounts. Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia (1995) - Benefit: Recreational and library facility use; campus day care, including the WVU Nursery School, child care voucher system and home-based child care program,and privately funded University scholarships for children of partners. For both same- and opposite-sex partners. Instituted 1995. - Note: Requires a “Declaration of Domestic Partnership” and providing documents such as joint-deed lease or mortgage agreement and designation of the domestic partner as the primary beneficiary for life insurance or of retirement benefits - not required of legally married. Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington William and Mary, College of, Williamsburg, Virginia Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut - Benefit: Medical. For same-sex students, faculty, administration, staff only. Yeshiva University, New York, New York - Benefit: Student housing for any non-student “with whom the student maintains a genuine, close and interdependent relationship that is or is intended to be long-term.” - Note: The university changed its policy in July 2002 in a move to avert a suit brought by Maggie Jones and Sara Levin, students at the university’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Yosemite Community College District, California - Note: Oversees Modesto Junior College and Columbia College - both listed above. Youngstown State University, Ohio (2004) - Benefit: Medical, vision, dental, prescription coverage. For same-sex and dependent children only. Instituted October 28, 2004. |
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Concord Academy, Concord, Massachusetts - Benefits: Medical. - Note: Allowed same-sex faculty couples to live in the dorms in 1997. Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire (2001) - Benefits: Medical. - Note: Allowed same-sex faculty couples to live in the dorms in May 2000. Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts - Benefit: Medical. - Note: Allowed same-sex faculty couples to live in the dorms in October 1999, effective the fall of 2000. |
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Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S. Athabasca University British Columbia Institute of Technology Brock University, St. Catharines, Ont. Camosun College Carleton University, Ottawa, Ont. Concordia University, Montréal, P.Q. Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S. East Kootenay Community College McGill University, Montreal, P.Q. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ont. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont. Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ont. St Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B. Trent University, Peterborough, Ont. Université de Moncton, Moncton, N.B. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. University of Calgary, Alberta - Benefit: Medical, dental, eye glasses; both same-and opposite-sex; covers partner relocation and family rates for athletic facilities, U. Art Museum membership, etc. Must sign a Domestic Partner Declaration. - Note: Requirement to cohabit a year could possibly be trumped by the Adult Interdependent Relationship Act (April 2003) which provides an instant common-law status in Alberta. University of Guelph, Ont. University of Lethbridge, Alta. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B. University of Ottawa, Ont. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. University of Toledo, Ohio (January 2006) - Note: On January 30, 2006, the Board of Trustees voted, 5-2. Dessenter William Koester claimed he had a responsibility to vote no because of the state anti-marriage amendment, which was approved on November, 2004, and declared marriage to be only between a man and a woman. He ignored the fact that workplace benefits are not a requirement of legal marriages. The American Association of University Professors and Local 4319 of the Communication Workers of America ratified the two-year health contract on January 26, 2006. Both unions had threatened to strike if the issues reached an impasse. The professors’ union voted 89 percent in favor of the contract offer, which extends until December 31, 2007. A third bargaining unit, the University of Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association, ratified the same contract during the earlier part of the week of January 23, 2006. The three unions bargain together for medical benefits but separately for financial packages. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont. University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ont. Vancouver Community College, B.C. Wilfred Laruer University, Waterloo, Ont. York University, Toronto, Ont. |
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Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts - Note: No longer offers domestic partner benefits because legal marriage is available in Massachusetts. Florida International University, Miami, Fla. - Note: Verified as offering benefits in 1998; as of August 1999, HR claimed to NOT offer benefits. Status unknown. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts - Note: No longer offers domestic partner benefits because legal marriage is available in Massachusetts. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Note: Benefits offered, then retracted campus family housing quarters for same-sex couples upon objection from some tenants and a state lawmaker. Pennsylvania - Note: Law signed by the governor, Nov. 24, 1999, allows state-funded universities and colleges to disregard local non-discrimination ordinances. Created to gut a lawsuit filed against the University of Pittsburgh by former instructor Deborah Henson asking for equal benefits under Pittsburgh’ lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender civil rights ordinance. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. - Benefits: Medical. For same-sex only. - Note: After benefits were stalled by administration, five faculty members filed a discrimination suit against the U. and New Jersey in 1994; the school finally settled in November 1998. However, the program that the University offered had so many restrictions, that four out of five of the litigants could not qualify for the benefits. The litigants and the union (AAUP) rejected the proposal and the case is back in court. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia - Note: Benefits were granted in the Spring of 1994 by former President Neil Bucklew. They were suspended by successor, Pres. David Hardesty. The Board of Trustees later revoke the benefits altogether; benefits had included recreational and library facility use, nursery/day care, child care voucher system and home-based child care program; privately funded University scholarships for children of partners. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire - Note: Having rejected it the year before, the University trustee’s personnel committee voted, June 1999, to extend medical benefits to same-sex partners. The trustee’ financial affairs committee rejected the plan in November 1999, citing budget crisis reasons. Estimated cost — $25,000. University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida - Note: Verified as offering benefits in 1998; as of August 1999, it claimed to offer no benefits. |
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Nations . Netherlands (2001) Belgium (2003) Canada (2005) Spain (2005) South Africa (2005) Norway (2009) Sweden (2009) Iceland (2010) Argentina (2010) Portugal (2010) Denmark (2012) France (2013) New Zealand (2013) Brazil (2013) Uruguay (2013) New Zealand (2013) United Kingdom (England, Wales) (2013) Luxembourg (2014) Finland (2014) Scotland (2014) Ireland (2015) Greenland (2015) United States (2015) Colombia (2016) Germany (2017) Malta (2017) Australia (2017) Austria (2019) Taiwan (2019) Ecuador (2019) Costa Rica (2020) Chile (2022) Estonia (2023) Nepal (2023) Greece (2024) |
US States . U.S. Supreme Court, June 26, 2015 Ruling: All States must allow legal, same-sex marriage. . These states had legal marriage before the ruling: . Massachusetts (2004) California (2008) Connecticut (2008) Iowa (2009) Vermont (2009) New Hampshire (2009) District of Columbia (2009) New York (2011) Maine (2012) Washington (2012) Maryland (2013) Rhode Island (2013) Delaware (2013) Minnesota (2013) Illinois (2013) Utah (2013) New Jersey (2013) Hawaii (2013) New Mexico (2013) Michigan (2014) - stayed pending legal challenge Oregon (2014) Wisconsin (2014) Arkansas (2014) - stayed pending legal challenge Pennsylvania (2014) Indiana (2014) Nevada (2014) Virginia (2014) Oklahoma (2014) Idaho (2014) West Virginia (2014) Alaska (2014) Arizona (2014) Wyoming (2014) Kansas (2014) - stayed pending legal challenge Florida (2014) Colorado (2014) North Carolina (2014) South Carolina (2014) Montana (2014) Alabama (2015) |
Native American Tribes . Coquille Tribe, Oregon (2009) Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Connecticut (2010) Suquamish Tribe, Washington (2011) Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Washington (2011) Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan (2013) Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan (2013) Santa Ysabel Tribe, California (2013) Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA (2013) Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (2013) Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota (2013) Grand Portage Band of Chippewa, Minnesota (2013) Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Washington (2014) Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Arizona (2014) Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming (2014) Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana (2014) San Carlos Apache Tribe, Arizona (2014) Fort McDermitt Paiute & Shoshone Tribes, OR & NV (2014) Fort McDowell Yavapai Community, Arizona (2014) Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, WI (2014) Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (2014) Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (2014) Pascua Yaqui Tribe (2014) Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, & Siuslaw Indians (2014) Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes, Alaska (2015) Oneida Nation, Wisconsin (2015) Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (2015) Chemehuevi Indian Tribe (2015) Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (2015) Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (2015) Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe (2016) Oglala Sioux Tribe (2016) Tulalip Tribe, Washington (2016) Menominee Nation (2016) Cherokee Nation (2016) |
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