Cambridge city councilors are considering an ordinance that would provide more legal protections for "diverse family and relationship structures," including polyamorous relationships involving three or more adults.
The measure, which would add "family and relationship structure" to a list of protected classes in the Cambridge municipal code, says that people in polyamorous relationships experience discrimination "due to prejudicial misunderstandings related to the validity and moral fitness" of the relationships.
The Faculty Senate at the University of Connecticut has established a new graduation requirement that all students pass a one-credit course titled "U.S. Anti-Black Racism."
The Faculty Senate is an administrative board in charge of establishing general education rules and regulations at the university. The requirement, which was approved during a recorded online meeting on Monday, May 1, is set to take effect in the fall of 2024.
