March 5, 1999

Pitt Students Protest University's Stance on Gay Benefits

Students, faculty members, and local residents last month protested the University of Pittsburgh's challenge to a city ordinance protecting homosexuals from discrimination.

The protesters held signs, made speeches, and carried a banner in front of the university's Cathedral of Learning to oppose the institution's refusal to provide health benefits to gay and lesbian partners of its employees.

A lawsuit filed in 1996 by Deborah

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