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LAMBDA
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discriminated against the teachers because
of their sexual orientation and subjected
them to unwarranted public harassment.
Chiumento and Salbenbiatt’s displays
were in keeping with the school’s theme of
respect and dignity for all, and followed
similar lesbian and gay history month
displays that previously were created by a
staff member who is not gay. When
Chiumento and Salbenblatt created displays
at their schools in 1999, however, the interim
superintendent and members of the Board of
Education attacked them for supposedly
“promoting” their personal “lifestyles.”
“For a school district to exclude lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender students from
a campaign of ‘respect and dignity for all’ is
very damaging to all students,” said Sawyer.
“The arbitrator’s decision rejects
discrimination against gay students and
teachers.”
Sawyer and the teachers discussed their
recent victory, as well as how to create safer
schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender teachers and students. National
Education Association District 207 Unipn
President lean Miller followed up the
discussion with an update on the climate of
Chicago’s public schools.
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SUPPORT
from page 6
spousal benefits. The men were joined by
US Rep. lerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), a
strong supporter of lesbian and gay rights.
The two
surviving
partners,
represented by
Lambda Legal,
have filed
claims with the
New York State
Workers’
Compensation
Board to
receive spousal
York’s Workers’
The insurance
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
benefits under New
Compensation Law.
companies are now challenging the right of
the surviving partners to receive benefits
under the law, asserting that same-sex
domestic partners do not qualify as spouses.
Larry Courtney’s partner Eugene Clark,
died on September 11 at the World Trade
Center, where Gene had been an ad
ministrative assistant at Aon Consulting. Larry
and Gene, residents of Manhattan’s West Side,
had been partners for almost 14 years.
Bill Valentine’s partner, Joe Lopes, was a
flight attendant on American Airlines Flight
587 when the plane crashed off Kennedy
Airport last November 12, claiming the lives
of all on board. Bill and )oe, also residents of
Manhattan’s West Side, had been partners
for 21 years.
Both couples had executed various legal
documents to afford themselves protection
as couples. They had health care proxies
and documents designating one another’s
partners as insurance, 401k and pension
beneficiaries. Both couples also were
registered as domestic partners with New
York City.
Larry Courtney said, “lust like married
couples, Gene and 1 were a partnership in
every way — emotionally, financially,
legally and in our everyday lives. Gene
would want me to seek the protections we
should have as a married couple because
we always believed we were a married
couple. I’m still wearing the ring to prove it.”
The insurance company opposing Larry
Courtney’s claim is CNA Insurance, acting as
third-party administrator for Trancontinental
Insurance. The claim manager is Cambridge
Integrated Services Group.
Bill Valentine said, “|oe was my spouse, it
would be an insult to our relationship and
Joe’s memory if he were recognized as
anything less. And that’s why I’m bringing this
claim; to honor the reality of what Joe and I
and our families and friends all knew we had.”
The insurance company opposing Bill
Valentine’s claim is American International
Group (AIG), acting as third-party
administrator for National Union Fire
Insurance. The claim manager is Specialty
Risk Services.
The cases are also the first to be brought
by gay or lesbian partners seeking coverage
under New York’s Workers’ Compensation
Law. That law gives first priority to a
surviving spouse to receive benefits of up to
$400/week for the remainder of the surviving
spouse’s life or until the spouse remarries.
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