A look back at a great year
Government recognition of our relationships
Pentaluma CA adds DP benefits and registry
Challenge to Santa Barbara domestic partnership policy tossed out of court
Broward County FL approves domestic partnership law
Castine ME passes anti-discrimination ordinance
Los Angeles County establish DP registry
Cook County IL grants DP benefits for county employees
Portland, ME adds DP benefits
Tempe AZ begins domestic partner benefits for city employees
Pittsburg grants DP benefits to city employees
CA legislature grants DP benefits to its employees
Milwaukee passes domestic partnership registry
Gainesville FL passes DP ordinance
Maine municipal employees' union negotiates DP benefits for most
state employees
CA passes first statewide DP registry in US, also benefits for state
employees' DPs
Madison WI grants DP benefits to city employees
Ashland, OR begins public registry of DPs, first city in OR to do so
Seattle passes law requiring city contractors to offer DP benefits
Los Angeles passes law requiring city contractors to offer DP benefits
Equal employment benefits
The Limited, Inc (nation's 17th largest employer) adds DP benefits
National Press Club adopts DP benefits
American Management Systems adds DP benefits
Mayo Clinic adds DP benefits
United Airlines adds DP benefits
American Airlines adds DP benefits
US Air adds DP benefits
Vanderbilt University adds DP benefits
Cox Enterprises adds DP benefits
Netopia, Inc. adds DP benefits
Court overrules GA insurance commish. and says GA companies can offer
DP benefits
Motorola Corporation adds DP benefits
Cal State University system ads DP benefits
CBS corporation adds DP benefits
Prudential Insurance Corporations adds DP benefits
Northwest Airlines adds DP benefits
Boeing Corporation adds DP benefits
StorageTak adds DP benefits
Civil Rights
Cedar Rapids, IA passes gay civil rights law
Santa Clara County (San Jose CA) bans anti-gay bias by contractors
Louisville KY bans discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment
Spokane, WA passes gay civil rights ordinance
Seattle strengthens its gay civil rights law
Falmouth, ME passes gay civil rights law
Nevada passes employment rights bill for sexual orientation
Lexington KY passes comprehensive GLBT civil rights ordinance
Ferndale MI passes civil rights ordinance
Henderson KY passes civil rights
CA passes strong civil rights bill for sexual orientation
Iowa governor signs order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in state employment
Criminal Law
Remainder of Maryland sodomy law dealing with consensual private sex removed
Lousiana Sodomy overturned as unconstitutional
Missouri passes it's first hate crimes law ever which includes sexual
orientation
Missouri sodomy law ruled unenforceable for consensual sex
Hate crimes bill inclusive of sexual orientation passes US Senate for
first time
Buffalo NY passes strong hate crimes law
California strengthens hate crimes law
Youth
St. Louis bans anti-gay discrimination in its school system
New Hampshire legislatively repeals gay adoption ban
NJ Supreme Court rules Scouts have to accept gays
CA passes bill banning anti-gay discrimination in schools
Anti-gay adoption rule in CA is removed
Politics
James Hormel becomes first openly gay US Ambassador
Anti-gay ballot initiatives in Falmouth ME and Spokane WA are defeated.
Plattsburg NY and Northampton MA elect gay mayors.
