Gay Partner of Policeman in Columbia Given Health Benefits

For the first time in Colombia, the partner of a gay policeman was granted access to health benefits, Police announced Thursday. Fabián Mafuricio Chibcha Romero became the first homosexual partner of a policeman to receive benefits from the police service since Colombia's Constitutional Court granted equal civil, political, social and economic rights to gay couples in January. Chibcha Romero's partner, a 28 year old policeman who prefers not to be named, has served in the police force for 8 years. The couple first applied for health benefits, for which the partners of heterosexual policemen are eligible, on January 11. Their application was denied. They applied again in February, following the Constitutional Court's ruling and were accepted. Full Story - Click Here

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