Miami To Vote On Domestic Partners

The city of Miami will vote today on extending domestic partner health benefits to its employees. If you are reading this post early enough, LGBT rights group SAVE Dade requests your show of support at Miami City Hall - Commission Chambers, 3500 Pan American Dr., Coconut Grove, at 9:30 a.m. The time of the actual vote is unknown, so do your best. Via SAVE Dade's press release:

We anticipate this Ordinance would affect at least 200-250 employees and their families. One of those employees is Melissa Llera, a City of Miami Firefighter and SAVE Dade volunteer, who has been in a committed relationship with her partner Christie for over 12 years. They have a child together and are forced to obtain private insurance since the City does not offer domestic partner health benefits. There are many employees like Mel who are left vulnerable due to an employment inequality.

Neighbors Miami Beach and North Miami already offer domestic partners benefits to employees. I'll post the result of the vote in an update to this post later today.

UPDATE: Success! The Miami City Commission voted 5-0 to approve benefits for the partners of city employees.