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Retyped without permission from the Dayton Daily News, Dayton,
Ohio, Monday, October, 11, 1993:

WSU extends benefits to same-sex partners
By Keri Guten Cohen
Dayton Daily News

     Wright State University has joined a growing number of
educational institutions and businesses nationwide in extending
employee benefits to same-sex partners.
     At WSU, benefits are limited to sick and bereavement leave and
use of the school's Employee Assistance Program.  Health or pension
packages are not included.
     For many employers nationwide, this is a first step toward
viewing partners of gay and lesbian employees as legal spouses.
     Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Stanford University,
to name a few, have gone one more step by agreeing to cover
domestic partners under their health plans.
     In most cases, the plans do not include unmarried heterosexual
partners because they can gain coverage through marriage.  Gay men
and lesbians can't legally marry their partners.
     In March, Wright State re-issued its written sick leave policy
to include domestic partners.
     University employees must sign a confidential affidavit
stating that for a least two years they have been in a domestic
partnership, defined in the written policy as "a committed
relationship between two adults, regardless of gender, who are
domiciled together."  
     The policy was reviewed after requests from individual
employees about two years ago.  So far, only one employee has
signed an affidavit, said Joyce Carter, the university's human
resources director.
     "We looked into offering health benefits as well," she said,
"but we cannot with our existing carriers (Western Ohio and
Prudential)."
     Health coverage for a domestic partner or spouse is available
as a rider to WSU students through Student Assurance of Stillwater,
Minn.  A Student Affairs committee specifically sought a company
that would include domestic partners in its coverage.
     At Antioch College in Yellow Springs, domestic partnership
plans are being discussed, a spokeswoman said.
     At NCR, members of the local chapter of LEAGUE (Lesbian,
Bisexual and Gay United Employees of AT&T) are discussing domestic
partnership benefits with chief executive officer Jerre Stead.
     "There's very open communication; he does respond," says Wendy
Horowitz, co-chairwoman of LEAGUE and a financial specialist at
NCR.
     Domestic partnership plans are under study at NCR, but a
decision on them is not expected in the near future, said Patricia
Allen, an NCR spokeswoman.