dojR002479.xml
Title
dojR002479.xml
September 11 email body
Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:19 PM
Compensation for partners of gay victims
To whom it may concern:
I read today that partners of gay people who were killed on September
11, 2001 may not be eligible for victim compensation. I am outraged by
this. How can anyone discriminate against one portion of the population
like that? It is a dire insult to the heroes who died who were gay. How
would you feel if you were discriminated against in this manner because
even though you were a partner to a hero, you had brown hair or smoked
cigarettes and somebody considered that sinful? This is a moral outrage.
Do not allow this to be the policy governing our country's response to
September 11. It is mean-spirited and bigoted. Gays are the last people
to be included as human beings in our country.
Thank you.
Individual Comment
Compensation for partners of gay victims
To whom it may concern:
I read today that partners of gay people who were killed on September
11, 2001 may not be eligible for victim compensation. I am outraged by
this. How can anyone discriminate against one portion of the population
like that? It is a dire insult to the heroes who died who were gay. How
would you feel if you were discriminated against in this manner because
even though you were a partner to a hero, you had brown hair or smoked
cigarettes and somebody considered that sinful? This is a moral outrage.
Do not allow this to be the policy governing our country's response to
September 11. It is mean-spirited and bigoted. Gays are the last people
to be included as human beings in our country.
Thank you.
Individual Comment
September 11 email date
2002-03-20
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Created by Author
yes
Described by Author
no
Date Entered
2002-03-20
Collection
Citation
“dojR002479.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/21546/.