Pitt committee to consider offering same-sex benefits

By DAVE HARTMANNEWS EDITOR

Pitt announced yesterday that it would form a committee to study the feasibility of extending… Pitt announced yesterday that it would form a committee to study the feasibility of extending health benefits to the same-sex partners of University employees.

The decision comes after more than five years of litigation between Pitt and the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents seven current and former employees to whom the University has refused to extend same-sex partner health benefits.

The class action suit, which has been temporarily suspended as a result of Pitt