Statewide Relationship Recognition
|
| no |
Licenses marriages for same-sex couples. |
| yes |
Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions |
| no |
Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: none. |
New York is unusual because it does not allow same-sex couples to marry in the state, or even provide them statewide domestic partnership benefits, but it does respect their marriages entered into outside the state. That has led many same-sex couples to travel to Canada and elsewhere to get married. They have returned home and won respect for their marriages, inside and outside the courtroom, sometimes just by asking. The list of who respects marriages is extensive, from state and local government to employers and insurance companies.
Statewide Employment Protections
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| yes |
Private employment protections based on sexual orientation. |
| no |
Private employment protections based on gender identity. |
| yes |
Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation. |
| - |
Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity. |
See N.Y. CLS Exec. Law 296 (2005).
- 2003 Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (S.720/A.1971). Signed by Governer Pataki on 12/17/02.
Statewide Parenting Laws
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| Who May Adopt |
An adult unmarried person or an adult husband and his adult wife together may adopt another person. D.R.L. § 110. |
| Second Parent Adoptions |
Approved in In reJacob, 86 N.Y.2d 651, 636 N.Y.S.2d 716, 660 N.E.2d 397 (1995) |
| Notes |
Joint adoption approved in Matter of Adoption of Carolyn B., N.Y.S.2d, 2004 WL 575028 (N.Y. App. Div., 2004) |
