Articles about Benefits

14 May 2013
Italy: Benefits approved for same-sex partners of MPs 5 Italy's Parliament on Tuesday approved a rule which will allow gay MPs to extend their healthcare benefits to their partners.
26 April 2013
US: Philadelphia City Council passes landmark bill for LGBT benefits 2 The City Council in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has approved a bill which has been hailed as landmark legislation for strengthening LGBT rights in the city.
25 April 2013
US: Connecticut Senate votes to restore benefits to veterans denied them under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ 3 The Senate in the US state of Connecticut on Wednesday voted to approve a bill which would restore state benefits to gay and lesbian veterans who were previously refused them under the US military's former Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.
3 April 2013
US: Florida Senate committee approves bill for same-sex domestic partnership registry 5 A Florida Senate committee has approved the state's first bill to allow domestic partner registration, including specific rights for same-sex couples.
13 February 2013
US Christian Group: ‘Allowing same-sex military benefits will reduce morale’ 16 A fundamentalist Christian organisation in the US has heavily criticised the Pentagon's recent announcement that it will extend some benefits to same-sex military couples.
5 December 2012
US: University faculty votes unanimously ‘yes’ on equal benefits for same-sex partners 4 The Faculty Senate at the University of Memphis, voted on Tuesday to unanimously support, without much discussion, equal benefits for couples in same-sex partnerships.
12 September 2012
US: Pueblo council postpones bill giving equal insurance rights to same-sex couples 1 A council in the US voted to indefinitely postpone a bill which would have allowed gay city employees to add their partners to their insurance benefits.

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