Fort Worth, Texas Considering Domestic Partner, Transgender Benefits

Conservative groups are rallying against proposals aimed at making Fort Worth government policies more inclusive of the gay community. The proposals include extending domestic-partner benefits to gay couples, considering a company’s record on gay and lesbian issues when approving tax breaks, and including gender reassignment surgery in the city health insurance plan. City employees would also receive training on dealing with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The recommendations came from a task force appointed after the inspection and arrests at the Rainbow Lounge, a gay bar. Many of those provisions are already in place in other cities and in major corporations. Dallas, Austin and El Paso offer health insurance to domestic partners, as do 59 percent of Fortune 500 companies, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Tarrant County cities such as Arlington, North Richland Hills and Grapevine do not. Full Story from The Star-Telegram: http://www.star-telegram.com/local_news/story/1743546.html

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