Public Sector Plans
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Key: (A) Access to school records
     (B) Bereavement and family leave policies
     (C) County plan
     (c) City plan
     (D) Dental Insurance Only
     (M) Medical Benefits
     (P) Parenting leave
     (p) Pension benefits
     (R) Registration of partnership 
     (r) use of recreational areas
     (S) Sick Leave
     (s) State Plan
     (T) Tax benefits for companies in the city which recognize DPs
     (V) visitation in prisons, hospitals, etc.
     (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (?) specifics of plan unknown
     [n] number of employees

Alameda, CA                (c) (B) (S)
Ann Arbor, MI              (c) (B) (S)
Bay Area Rapid Transit [2,600] (B) (M)
Berkeley, CA [1,550]       (c) (R) (B) (P) (S) (M)
Burlington, VT             (c) (?)
Cambridge, MA              (c) (A) (B) (M) (P) (R*) (=)
       (* for those who qualify for the benefits)
Chicago, IL                (c) (B)
East Lansing, MI           (c) (B) (S) (M)
Ithaca, NY                 (c) (R)
Laguna Beach, CA [560]     (c) (R)
Los Angeles, CA [46,000]   (c) (B) (S)
Madison, WI                (c) (R) (B) (S)
Massachusetts [23,800]     (s) (B) (V)
Minneapolis, MN [6,000]    (c) (R) (B) (S) (M?)
New York, NY [417,000]     (c) (B) (P) (R)
Ontario Canada             (M) (p)
Ottawa, Canada             (?)
San Francisco, CA [23,000] (c) (R) (M)
San Mateo County, CA       (C) (S) (D)
Santa Cruz, CA [650]       (c) (B) (S) (M)
Seattle Metro [4,000]      (C) (B) (S) (M) (=)
Seattle, WA [11,000]       (c) (B) (S) (M)
Shorewood Hills, WI        (c) (r)
Takoma Park, MD            (c) (B) (S)
Toronto, Ontario           (?)
Travis County, TX          (C) (B) (S)
Washington, DC [48,000]    (c) (M)
West Hollywood, CA [125]   (c) (R) (B) (S) (M)
West Palm Beach, FL        (c) (B)
Yukon Territory            (?)

A 1991 ruling by a British Columbia court extended Canada's National
Health Insurance to same-sex partners.  A 1992 court order granted
medical and pension benefits to employees of the Ontario government. 

Private Sector Plans
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These plans include medical benefits unless otherwise noted.
Key: (A) Adoption benefits
     (B) Bereavement and family leave policies
     (b) Child care
     (C) COBRA benefits
     (D) Dental Insurance
     (L) Dependent Life Insurance
     (M) Medical Benefits
     (P) Parenting leave
     (r) use of health and fitness programs
     (R) relocation policy
     (S) Sick Leave
     (U) Policy derived from collective bargaining
     (O) benefits offered to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
     (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (?) specifics of plan unknown
     [n] number of employees

AMTRAK                                      (?)
ASK Software Corp (Ingres, Data 3) [2,058]  (M) (O)
Adamation Inc, Oakland CA [10]              (O)
American Automobile Association [3,200]     (?)
American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco Office (?)
American Friends Service Committee [350]    (?)
American Psychological Association [1,500]  (?)
Apple Computer Corp [13,400]                (M) (A) (B) (b) (O) (P) (r) (S) (=?)
Ben & Jerry's [300]                         (?) (=)
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York        (?)
Borland [986]                               (D) (M)
Boston's Childrens Hospital                 (D) (L) (M) (=)
Canadian Press/Broadcast News [440]         (B) (D) (M) (U)
Columbia University clerical workers, NYC   (B) (U) 
Committee of Interns and Residents Staff Union, NYC (U)
Consumers United Insurance Company [15]     (?)
DEC-Belgium                                 (D) (M) (O) (-)
Greenpeace                                  (?)
Frame Technology [303]                      (D) (M) (O)
Human Rights Campaign Fund                  (?)
IDG [530]                                   (M)
Interleaf [800]                             (D) (M) (=)
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund       (?)
Levi Strauss and Company [31,000]           (B) (U) (L) (M) (=)
Lotus Development Corporation [3,500]       (B) (M) (R) (=)
MCA [18,000]                                (M) (C)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy             (M)
Minnesota Public Radio [218]                (?)
Montefiore Medical Center, New York City    (?)
Mt. Sinai Hospital Nurses, New York City    (B) (U)
Museum of Modern Art, New York City         (B) (U)
NYNEX workers (NY/NJ telephone company) [93,800] (U)
National Organization for Women             (?)
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers (several locals in NY and elsewhere) (U)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (law firm) [761] (M)
Quark, Inc. [375]                           (M)
Santa Cruz Operation [1,300]                (O)
Seattle Mental Health Institute             (?)
San Francisco Giants                        (M)
Silicon Graphics Inc [2,099]                (A) (B) (D) (M) (R) (r) (=)
Sun Microsystems [11,000] (7/93)            (B) (D) (M) (O)
Sybase [1600]                               (B) (D) (M) (O) (P) (R)
Trans World Airlines [33,725]               (?)
Viacom [5,000]                              (M) (C?)
Unitarian Universalist Association          (?)
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee    (?)
Village Voice newspaper [223]               (?)
Woodward and Lothrop Department Stores [16,000] (?)

Colleges and Universities
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The plans listed here DO NOT include medical benefits, unless otherwise noted.
Key: (B) Bereavement and Sick Leave Only
     (F) Faculty/staff only
     (H) Student housing only
     (I) informal policy -- not in writing
     (ID) issues university identification
     (P) pension plan
     (M) offers medical benefits
     (T) tuition waiver
     (O) benefits offered to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
     (S) students only
     (=) no benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (-) some benefits available to spouses are excluded
     (?) specifics of plan unknown
     [m/n] number of faculty/students

Albert Einstein College of Medicine   (?)
Bowdoin College                       (H) (S) (P)
Brown University                      (S) (P)
Carnegie Mellon University [616/5000] (ID) (B) (O) (-)
Colby College                         (ID) (T)
Columbia University (R)               (H) (ID) (P)
Georgia State University              (S) (P)
Grinnell College                      (H)
Harvard Law School                    (H)
Moorehead State University            (P)
New York University Law School        (H) (S) (P)
North Dakota University               (H) (S)
Oberlin College                       (ID) (T)
Occidental College                    (ID) (T)
Ohio State University [3097/51,000]   (B) (P)
Pitzer College [80/750]               (F) (M)
Princeton University [671/6200]       (ID) (H)
Rutgers University [1964/48,000]      (ID) (?)
SUNY at Purchase                      (H)
Stanford University [650/6500]        (S) (ID) (M) (D)
Swarthmore College                    (ID) (T)
Swathmore College [135/1320]          (M) (?)
Union Theological Seminary            (H) (S) (P)
University of California-Irvine       (ID)
University of California-Santa Cruz   (ID)
University of Chicago [120/9000]      (ID) (F) (H) (M) (T)
University of Colorado                (ID)
University of Iowa [1600/28,000]      (M) (plan begins 1/1/93)
University of Michigan                (ID) (S) (P)
University of Texas (R)               (ID)
University of Wisconsin               (H)
Wesleyan University                   (ID) (T) (H)
Yale University [2239/9800]           (ID) (I)

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