Chapter Four:
Redefining Family
1980:
Coleman and others to meet with White House staff
1980:
Photo with Rep. Waxman prior to White House meeting
1980:
News story about the Commission on Personal Privacy
1982:
Privacy Commission: report on family relationships
1982:
Executive Summary to final report of Privacy Commission
1984:
Two reviews of the report of the Privacy Commission
1985:
Coleman's class at USC on Rights of Domestic Partners
1985:
Evolution of domestic partner benefits in Los Angeles
1986:
Forum on domestic partnerships in West Hollywood
1986:
Papers of the Task Force on Family Diversity (1986-1992)
1987:
Grants awarded to Task Force on Family Diversity
1987:
Reports of the state Task Force on the Changing Family
1987:
Coleman's appointment to the Changing Family Task Force
1988:
Photo of Family Diversity Task Force leaders at city
hall
1988:
News story on domestic partner benefits in Los Angeles
1988:
Gay papers run stories on L.A. domestic partner benefits
1988:
Letter from Councilman Woo to Tom Coleman
1988:
PFLAG newsletter on family diversity report
1988:
News story: cities begin to study family issues
1989:
Letter from Congresswoman Pat Schroeder
1989:
LA Times story on the Changing Family Task Force report
1989: New
York's Braschi case on the definition of family
Coleman's friend-of-the-court brief
Opinion of the New York Court of Appeals
News story on the landmark ruling
Advocate: two gay men can be a family
Letter from Family Service America to Tom Coleman
1989: News stories and commentaries
on family diversity
Daily Journal: new legal definitions of family
Family Therapy Letter: definition of family expands
Glamour Magazine: editorial on "Who is your family?"
LA Times: Coleman op-ed on the changing family
LA Times: letter to
the editor
NY Times: story on the Braschi case
NY Times: family redefines itself and now the law
follows
US News & World Report: new kind of spouse in the house
1990:
Registering as a
family with the CA Secretary of State
Press packet to announce the new procedure
Certificates of registration
LA Times: front page story on family registration system
Report on
implications of registration --
segment 1
Report on
implications of registration --
segment 2
Papers associated with registration and opposition
Sec of State to repsond to Legislative Counsel's opinion
Analysis of the Attorney General's opinion on
registration
LA Times: best friends register as a family
Varous news
stories about the family registry
Daily News story about the family registry
Eagle Forum criticizes the family registry
Traditional Values Coalition objects to the family
registry
Gay papers praise family registry
1991: Long Beach Family Diversity Project
News story about the family diversity study
Final Report:
segment 1 --
segment 2
Supplements:
segment 1 --
segment 2
segment 3 --
segment 4
News story about the final report
1991:
Letter from KCET-TV about a program on family diversity
1991:
KCET film on redefining the family
1991:
KCET family diversity poster
1991:
Letter from LA Times writer about family diversity story
1991:
Letter from Senator Roberti about state family task
force
1991:
Letter from union about LA County domestic partner
benefits
1991:
Implications of domestic partner registration in San
Francisco
1991:
Detroit News: gay lawsuits seek to redefine family
1994:
Letter from Councilwoman Goldberg about new dp benefits
1995:
Letter from AARP about study on nontraditional
households
1995:
Letter from union about dental benefits for county
workers
1995:
News story and background materials on county benefits
2006:
Column One: battle to define family has national
significance
2006:
Column One: more cities grapple with definition of
family
2006:
Column One: cities have opposing views on "family"
2007:
Column One: more battles erupt over definition of family
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