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08/13/2008
Juvenile Detention

New York State Implements New Policy for LGBT Youth in Juvenile Detention Facilities

By Matt Faiella, New York Civil Liberties Union at 5:34pm

At the end of July, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued an “e-alert” to our subscribers, asking them to thank the Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS)  Commissioner Gladys Carrion for her leadership in implementing a policy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth in juvenile detention and after-care programs.

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08/06/2008

NYCLU Sues Insurance Company for Denying Coverage to Married Lesbian Couple

By Matt Faiella, New York Civil Liberties Union at 10:48am

The New York Civil Liberties Union recently filed a lawsuit against Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Western New York on behalf of a married lesbian couple who were denied spousal health care coverage by the insurance company. While the insurance company provides spousal health care coverage for the different-sex spouses of employees at a school district, it refused to do so for the same-sex spouses of school district employees. This means that our clients, who have been together for over ten years and have a one-year-old daughter, must live without the security of having full family health insurance. One of the parents in the family has been categorically excluded from eligibility for the plan.

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