Recent weeks have brought some
exciting policy progress for LGBT older adults. First, the ACL
(Administration for Community Living) issued guidance to its
grantees that they must now follow a "place of celebration rule" and consider
the terms "spouse", "family", and "relative" as being inclusive of same-sex
married couples. This guideline from the Federal level will have a huge
impact--read more about it here.
Second, new legislation has been put forward that would
force Social Security to pay same-sex spouses survivor benefits.Read more about it here.
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