The University of Tennessee will now offer benefits to same-sex couples in the wake of last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide, UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek said Tuesday.
Cheek sent an email to faculty and staff Tuesday to share details of insurance benefits now available to married same-sex couples.
That letter marked a “welcome change,” said Donna Braquet, an associate professor and director of UT’s OUTreach: LGBT & Ally Resource Center.
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