New US Policy Tears LGBT UN Staff From Partners
A new US government policy may make it impossible for some LGBT UN staff to live together with their partners in the United States. Starting today, UN staff, including those working at global headquarters in New York, will need proof of marriage to secure visas allowing their partners to reside with them in the US. This will have an insidious impact on same-sex couples from countries that ban same-sex marriage or only offer civil unions. Since 2009, UN staff working in the United States have brought their partners into the country without showing a marriage license. Now, domestic partners of […]