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Latino, Religious Rights Groups Oppose CA Initiative to Ban Same-Gender Marriage (03/02/2000)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Striking back at cynical efforts to garner Latino support for a state ballot initiative to ban recognition of same-sex marriage, Latino civil rights advocates and members of the religious community today placed a full-page advertisement opposing the measure in California's largest Spanish-language newspaper, La Opinion.

In Stunning Civil Rights Victory, VT Court Directs State to Give Same-Sex Couples Marriage Benefits (12/20/1999)
MONTPELIER -- In a defining moment in the struggle for recognition of gay and lesbian relationships, Vermont's Supreme Court today ruled that lesbian and gay couples are entitled all of the same "common benefits and protections" which the law gives to married couples.

ACLU Lawsuit Seeks Equal Benefits for Alaska's Gay and Lesbian Employees (10/27/1999)
ANCHORAGE -- Saying that gay and lesbian couples should not be treated like second-class citizens, the Alaska Civil Liberties Union today filed suit on behalf of itself and eight lesbian or gay state and municipal employees and their partners who are barred from sharing the health, pension and insurance privileges that they earn from their government jobs.

ACLU Applauds United Airlines' Decision to Extend Domestic Partnership Benefits to Employees Nationwide (08/04/1999)
NEW YORK, NY -- The American Civil Liberties Union applauds United Airlines for becoming the first U.S. carrier to provide comprehensive fringe benefits to the domestic partnerships of its lesbian and gay employees nationwide. The announcement marks a huge step towards equality in the workforce.

Commission Orders Public Hearing in ACLU's Domestic Partner Discrimination Suit Against University of Pittsburgh (06/17/1999)
PITTSBURGH -- The City's Human Relations Commission today issued an order refusing to dismiss a sexual orientation discrimination complaint involving health benefits filed against the University of Pittsburgh, known as "Pitt."

University Students on Hunger Strike in Fight for Gay Rights (04/22/1999)
PITTSBURGH, PA -- A group of University of Pittsburgh students are in the eleventh day of a hunger strike, protesting the school's refusal to extend medical benefits to the lesbian partner of a former writing instructor, the Associated Press reported today.