August 15, 2003

Great Places for Gay and Lesbian Professors

By ROBIN WILSON

In 1993, the University of Iowa became the first public university to extend health and other benefits to the partners of gay employees. Two years before that, the university's law school was the first to hire a lesbian faculty couple. Several senior professors are gay or lesbian, including the head of the department of women's studies. Since 1985, university policy has protected employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The partners of gay and lesbian employees at the

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