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As of 2015, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia legally recognize and document same-sex relationships in some fashion, be it by same-sex marriage, civil union or domestic partnerships. Many counties and municipalities outside of these states also provide domestic partnership registries or civil unions which are not officially recognized by the laws of their states, are only valid and applicable within those counties, and are usually largely unaffected by state law regarding relationship recognition (except in some aspects). In addition, many cities and counties continue to provide their own domestic partnership registries while their states also provide larger registries (for all relationship recognitions); a couple can only maintain registration on one registry, requiring the couple to de-register from the state registry before registering with the county registry.
These are the cities and counties of United States which offer a domestic partnership and/or civil union classified by census region. [1]
Same-sex marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) and reciprocal beneficiary relationships are all granted throughout the state to same-sex couples. [2]
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples and all previous domestic partnerships (with the exception of couples with at least one member aged 62 or above) have automatically been converted into civil marriage.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage and domestic partnerships are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages, civil unions and designated beneficiary agreements are all granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the state to same-sex couples. [13]
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are all granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples. [42] [43] [44]
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples and all previous civil unions were automatically converted into same sex marriages.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples and all previous civil unions were automatically converted into same sex marriages.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples and all previous civil unions were automatically converted into same sex marriages.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships are all granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships (limited to state employees only) are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples. All previous civil unions have been automatically converted into civil marriages. [86]
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are both granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages and domestic partnerships are both granted in the entire district to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Same-sex marriages are granted throughout the entire state to same-sex couples.
Mr. Hirsch and his longtime partner, Herbert Leiman, are noted equal rights activists and were the first to sign the domestic partner registry in North Hills.
Berea has become the third city in Kentucky to extend domestic-partner benefits to employees, an advocacy group said Thursday in a news release.
Across the Ohio River, city commissioners in Covington, Kentucky, voted to allow municipal employees to extend insurance coverage to their domestic partners.
Officials in Lexington have voted to extend domestic partner benefits to city employees.
On Feb. 22 [2011], City Council authorized the creation of a Domestic Partner Registry to recognize same-sex relationships.
Buncombe County is now the fourth county in North Carolina to offer domestic partner benefits to the unmarried opposite sex and same-sex partners of county employees. In a 4 to 3 vote on March 19, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners approved a policy that "extends benefits and leave policy coverage to same and opposite sex domestic partners" to employees of Buncombe County. The benefits include health insurance, life insurance and family leave benefits allowed by the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
In North Carolina, only Durham and Orange counties, the cities of Durham and Greensboro, and the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro offer domestic partner benefits.
In conjunction with the County Attorney's legal opinion that only same-sex domestic partner benefits can be offered to County employees without the violation of the Commissioners' oaths of office, the Human Resources Department has completed the actions necessary to make this offering possible.
Mecklenburg County is committed to equal and nondiscriminatory treatment for employees in the administration of benefits programs, including the extension of benefits to same-gender domestic partners.
St. Cloud followed Kissimmee's lead Sept. 8 and approved domestic partner benefits for city employees