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Victim Compensation Fund. (Now, Here's Some Good News).(Peggy Neff case)(Brief Article)

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| May 01, 2003 | Bloch, Julia | COPYRIGHT 2003 Curve Magazine, Outspoken Enterprises, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-6538. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

If at first you don't succeed, go to the feds. Peggy Neff, a lesbian who lost her partner in the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, was awarded more than $500,000 from the federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund, which Lambda Legal hails as a huge gain in the way the federal government recognizes a same-sex relationship. Neff was rejected when she first applied for assistance from a state fund in ...

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