US: Department of Defense to Recognize Teacher's Same Sex Partners

Department of Defense schools will now recognize same-sex relationships when transferring overseas teachers to new assignments, according to an agreement this month between the department’s Education Activity and two teachers’ unions. The decision means gay teachers in domestic partnerships with other teachers must be given the same consideration when requesting to be transferred to new jobs in the same area that married heterosexual teachers receive, the Federal Education Association union and school officials confirmed Friday. The change of DODEA rules was approved by the agency’s human resources director, Lenoir Graham, FEA president Michael Priser and Overseas Federation of Teachers president Marie Sainz-Funaro and will affect transfers later this year. It also applies to committed but unmarried heterosexual couples involved in domestic partnerships. Full Story from Stars & Stripes

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