Comments on: NYC Department of Homeless Services: Stop discrimination against domestic partners! http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/12/14/nyc-department-of-homeless-services-stop-discrimination-against-domestic-partners/ politics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklyn Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:35:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: rabi http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/12/14/nyc-department-of-homeless-services-stop-discrimination-against-domestic-partners/#comment-8272 rabi Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/12/14/110#comment-8272 ugh. at the beginning of the school year I went through the incredibly annoying process of proving my domestic partnership for health insurance reasons. I was amazed at all the crap we had to come up with. and almost none of it is something you would have if you were homeless or having a hard time (utility bills with both your names, signed lease with both your names in addition to the landlord's). I get that it's a little easier to register (and dissolve) a domestic partnership than a marriage, but that's not a relevant point as long as marriage is a hetero-only institution. anyway, I did the postcard. (there's some major issues surrounding homeless shelter policies for families with schoolchildren, too... it's a frustrating system.) ugh. at the beginning of the school year I went through the incredibly annoying process of proving my domestic partnership for health insurance reasons. I was amazed at all the crap we had to come up with. and almost none of it is something you would have if you were homeless or having a hard time (utility bills with both your names, signed lease with both your names in addition to the landlord’s). I get that it’s a little easier to register (and dissolve) a domestic partnership than a marriage, but that’s not a relevant point as long as marriage is a hetero-only institution.

anyway, I did the postcard. (there’s some major issues surrounding homeless shelter policies for families with schoolchildren, too… it’s a frustrating system.)

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