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House, Senate bills aim to equalize benefits for same-sex military families
A pair of bills introduced in the U.S. Congress this week would change the definition of “spouse” in four areas of U.S. Code related to recognition, support, and benefits for married service members and veterans, in an effort to provide key military benefits for same-sex spouses of gay service members.
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Panetta announces extended benefits to same-sex military families
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Monday announced he will extend to nearly the full extent permitted under current law the benefits available to gay and lesbian service members and their families.
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Panetta poised to extend benefits to same-sex military families
WASHINGTON – U.S. officials said Tuesday that outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is poised to extend some benefits to the same-sex partners of military members.
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San Francisco to provide equal health care access to transgender patients
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Health Commission, the governing and policy-making body of the city’s Department of Public Health, announced Tuesday its intent to remove transgender exclusions from the “Healthy San Francisco” health access program.
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Dallas County, Texas approves stipend for domestic partners’ health insurance
DALLAS — The Dallas County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to begin giving a stipend to unmarried and gay employees whose partners purchase individual health insurance because they aren’t eligible for coverage under the county’s benefits program.
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U.S. Supreme Court to conference on Prop 8, partner benefits cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has set at least three cases related to marriage equality and same-sex partner benefits for conference on Sept. 24, including the federal case against California’s Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Indianapolis City-County Council approves domestic partner benefits
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indianapolis City-County Council has approved an ordinance to provide health-care benefits to the domestic partners of city employees.
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San Francisco program for uninsured residents to remove transgender exclusions
Nearly two years after a complaint was filed charging that “Healthy San Francisco,” the city’s health insurance program for uninsured residents, is discriminatory because it excludes services for transgender people, city officials are in the process of rectifying the situation and including such services in the program.
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OPM to extend health coverage to gay federal employees’ children
Gay federal employees will be able to cover the children of their same-sex partners under the federal health insurance plan once a proposed rule published Friday by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is enacted.
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Ariz. governor petitions Supreme Court to deny same-sex partner benefits
PHOENIX — Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that allows Arizona’s state employees to keep their same-sex partners benefits, including health insurance.