R000266
Monday, March 11, 2002 5:34 PM
Gay and Lesbian Victims of 9/11
Please reconsider your policies and ALLOW gay and
lesbian survivors to participate in the 9/11 Victims
Fund benefits. Your policy limiting those benefits to
just those who lived in states where partners are
recognized is wrong -- both morally and politically.
As you and the Justice Department are well aware,
there are very few states recognizing such
relationships. Nevertheless, those gay and lesbian
heroes as well as those who died simply because they
were in the wrong place at the wrong time, died
because of terrorists acts, not because of lack of
recognition of who they were. They should not be
stigmatized in death, simply because they were
stigmatized in life.
Individual Comment
San Franciso, CA