West Hollywood creates registry for polyamorous relationships

The West Hollywood City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 2 to create a registry for those in “multi-partner domestic relationships.” The measure gives those in polyamorous relationships the same legal rights afforded to monogamous couples. Those include visitation rights in hospitals and jails in West Hollywood and certain tenant protections. In 1985, West Hollywood became the first city in the nation to recognize domestic partnerships between same-sex couples. Within a few decades, legal recognition of same-sex couples extended to many cities and states and in 2015 marriage equality was legalized nationally. Now, advocates for polyamory say that WeHo is starting another trend toward recognizing other non-nuclear family structures.

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