Alternative News Weeklies With Same-Sex Only Domestic Partner Benefits Plans
(as of September 1999)

The percent enrolled is a percentage of total employees. This is an incomplete list.

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA INC. Offered as of 1996 to same-sex partners of employees. If local insurance carrier does not offer same-sex coverage, the company provides a stipend to the employee to assist with spousal coverage.

Alternative Media Properties:

1. Metro Times, Detroit, Mich.
2. Orlando Weekly, Fla.
3. San Antonio Current, Tex.

CHICAGO READER, Ill. Offered as of 1998 to same-sex partners, through Blue Cross. Total employees: 120.

CINCINNATI CITY BEAT, Cincinnati, Ohio. Offered as of 1996.

CITY PAGES, Minneapolis, Minn. Offered as of 1998 to same-sex partners.

METROLAND, Albany, N.Y. Offered as of 4-5 years ago. Total employees: 22.

PACIFIC SUN. Mill Valley, Calif. Offered as of 1997 to same-sex partners.

PHOENIX MEDIA/COMMUNICATIONS GROUP. Offered corporate-wide since at least 1997 to same-sex partners. Employee pays a portion of spousal coverage; company pays the rest.

1. Boston Phoenix, Mass.
2. Providence Phoenix, R.I.
3. Worcester Phoenix, Mass.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN. San Francisco, Calif. Offered as of 1997.

STERN PUBLISHING. Offered by some divisions:

1. LA Weekly, Los Angeles, Calif., as of 1998.
2. Orange County Weekly, Costa Mesa, Calif., as of 1998.
3. Village Voice, New York, N.Y. Became the first employer in the nation to offer DP benefits in a 1982 union contract with the Newspaper Guild (This is a gender-neutral plan).

TUCSON WEEKLY, Ariz.: Offered as of 1999.

WASHINGTON CITY PAPER, Washington, D.C. Offered as of 1998 to same-sex partners, through Blue Cross.