September 11 Digital Archive

dojR000949.xml

Title

dojR000949.xml

Source

born-digital

Media Type

email

Created by Author

yes

Described by Author

no

Date Entered

2002-03-16

September 11 Email: Body


Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:05 PM
Gay families

I am outraged at the victims' compensation fund's exclusion of the survivors of gay and lesbian partners. I have been in a committed relationship, as close to marriage as I am legally allowed, for over 22 years. You mean to tell me that if I lost my partner on 9/11, I would be entitlled to nothing, while people who, only by virtue of their heterosexuality and thus legal right to marry, will collect on average well over a million dollars? This kind of inequality is really starting to stick in my craw.

Individual Comment
Truro, MA

September 11 Email: Date

2002-03-16

Citation

“dojR000949.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 3, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/21242.