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Will pensions finally pay out survivor benefits they deny to gay & lesbian spouses?
Certain plans deny LGBTQ people the right to survivor benefits because they do not meet the requirement of having been married for a year before their partner passed away. Many, however, were legally prevented from being married that long before their partner died.
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They were together for decades but Social Security won’t let this widower claim spousal benefits
And the excuse they’re using to deny benefits is disgusting.
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Louisiana: Gay widower denied Social Security survivor benefits
Gerald Allen Beem and William Floyd Conley had lived together since 1982. They were legally married in California in 2014.
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Boone County, Mo., workers in same-sex marriages eligible for survivor benefits
Boone County, Mo., employees who are in legally recognized same-sex marriages are now eligible for survivors benefits.
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Widow of R.I. gay marriage advocate wins previously denied survivor benefits
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The widow of a woman who pushed to legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island before she died of cancer will be entitled to her Social Security benefits after a yearslong fight to get them, an advocacy group said Thursday.
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Lambda Legal files suit against SSA over denial of same-sex survivor benefits
WASHINGTON — Lambda Legal has filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a Texas widow denied spousal benefits after the death of her wife, arguing that denying Social Security benefits to same-sex spouses because they live in states that discriminate against their marriages violates the U.S. Constitution.
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GLAD sues SSA for denying survivor benefits to disabled R.I. widow
The legal advocacy group GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) has filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, charging SSA with wrongfully denying survivor benefits to 56-year-old Deborah Tevyaw after the death of her wife, Patricia Baker.
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Fred and George, 45 years together: An Arizona Love Story
PHOENIX — On Friday, Lambda Legal will ask the U.S. District Court in Phoenix to order the State of Arizona to provide an accurate death certificate to Fred McQuire for his husband, George Martinez, who died on August 28. Fred, 69, and his late husband, George, 62, of Green Valley, Ariz., both veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces, met in 1969….
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Emergency motion seeks recognition of deceased man’s surviving spouse
PHOENIX — A gay rights legal advocacy group on Wednesday filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. District Court in Arizona to order the State of Arizona to provide a death certificate naming a deceased man’s spouse as his survivor. Lambda Legal filed the motion on behalf of Fred McQuire and George Martinez, a Green Valley, Ariz., couple who are parties to a lawsuit…
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Alaska Supreme Court allows same-sex partners access to survivor benefits
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that the same-sex partner of a person killed on the job should have access to the protection of Alaska’s workers’ compensation law. The ruling came in Harris v. Millennium Hotel, a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal seeking survivor benefits for Deborah Harris, the same-sex partner of …
