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Demian and Steve Bryant originally founded Partners as a monthly newsletter in 1986. By late 1990 it was reformatted into a bi-monthly magazine. Print publication was halted by 1995 when Demian published Partners as a Web site, which greatly expanded readership.

In 1988, the Partners National Survey of Lesbian & Gay Couples report was published; the first major U.S. survey on same-sex couples in a decade.

In 1996, Demian produced The Right to Marry, a video documentary based on the dire need for equality that was made clear by the data from the survey mentioned above. The video featured interviews with Rev. Mel White, Evan Wolfson, Phyllis Burke, Richard Mohr, Kevin Cathcart, Faygele benMiriam, Benjamin Cable-McCarthy, Susan Reardon, Frances Fuchs, Tina Podlodowski, and Chelle Mileur.

Demian has been the sole operator during the last two decades of Partners.

Demian stopped work on Partners Task Force in order to realize his other time-consuming projects, which include publishing the book “Operating Manual for Same-Sex Couples: Navigating the rules, rites & rights” - which is now available on Amazon. The book is based on the Partners Survey mentioned above, his interviews of scores of couples, and 36 years of writing hundreds of articles about same-sex couples. It’s also been informed by his personal experience in a 20-year, same-sex relationship.

Demian’s other project is to publish his “Photo Stories by Demian” books based on his more than six decades as a photographer and writer.


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Positive Effects on the State of Alaska
from Domestic Partnership Benefits
Introduction to the report by M.V. Lee Badgett, PhD
by Demian
© June 17, 2006, Demian

One of the most frequent complaints made by those wishing to stop domestic partner benefits, is that it will cost too much. This argument supposes that finances are more critical than benefits that are meant to provide equal treatment to all workers, including just compensation.

The Report’s Key Findings
  1. Spending related to Medicaid and uncompensated health care for uninsured people is likely to fall by $0.8-1.1 million per year.
  2. Current employees will be healthier, more satisfied, and less likely to leave their jobs.
  3. Domestic partner benefits will increase the ability of public employers to recruit talented and committed employees.
  4. In addition to the benefits, health care costs would increase by a small amount, and the increase would likely be shared by public employers and employees.

The report spells out the far more likely scenario that the state would benefit greatly by offering domestic partner benefits.

This March 2006 report is in PDF format:

        Positive Effects on the State of Alaska from Domestic Partnership Benefits
            by M.V. Lee Badgett, PhD

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