Editing Polyamory (section)

===Domestic partnerships===
In 2016, writer [[Rebecca Ruth Gould]] called for [[non-monogamy]], including polyamory, to receive "the legal recognition it deserves", saying that polyamory remains a "negative identity".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/rebecca-gould/love-without-monogamy |title=Love Without Monogamy |last=Gould |first=Rebecca Ruth |date=August 15, 2016 |website=[[OpenDemocracy]] |access-date=December 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829051151/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/transformation/love-without-monogamy/ |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2020, the city council of [[Somerville, Massachusetts]], voted to recognize polyamorous domestic partnerships in the city, becoming the first American city to do so. This measure was passed so that those in a polyamorous relationship would have access to their partners' health insurance amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/07/somerville-city-council-passes-ordinance-recognizing-polyamorous-domestic-partnerships.html|last=Stening|first=Tanner|title=Somerville City Council passes ordinance recognizing polyamorous domestic partnerships|date=July 1, 2020|website=masslive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702030919/https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/07/somerville-city-council-passes-ordinance-recognizing-polyamorous-domestic-partnerships.html|archive-date=July 2, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20200701/somerville-votes-to-recognize-polyamorous-domestic-partnerships-it-is-one-of-first-in-nation|title=Somerville votes to recognize polyamorous domestic partnerships. It is one of the first in nation.|first=Julia|last=Taliesin|website=MetroWest Daily News, Framingham, MA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701205132/https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/20200701/somerville-votes-to-recognize-polyamorous-domestic-partnerships-it-is-one-of-first-in-nation|archive-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=December 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somerville-massachusetts-recognizes-polyamorous-relationships/ |title=Massachusetts city officially recognizes polyamorous relationships |last=McNamara |first=Audrey |date=July 3, 2020 |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107032850/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/somerville-massachusetts-recognizes-polyamorous-relationships/ |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/02/metro/somervilles-polyamory-ordinance-is-first-nation/ |title=Somerville's new polyamory-friendly policy a 'turning point' |last=Greenberg |first=Zoe |date=July 2, 2020 |website=[[Boston Globe]] |access-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025002452/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/02/metro/somervilles-polyamory-ordinance-is-first-nation/ |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2021, the [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] City Council approved an ordinance amending the city's laws, stipulating that "a domestic partnership needn't only include two partners."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2021/03/10/cambridge-will-recognize-polyamorous-partnerships-and-other-domestic-arrangements-with-more-than-2-adults/ |title=Cambridge Will Recognize Polyamorous Partnerships and Other Domestic Arrangements With More Than 2 Adults |last=Brown |first=Elizabeth Nolan |date=March 10, 2021 |website=[[Reason.com]] |access-date=March 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310210412/https://reason.com/2021/03/10/cambridge-will-recognize-polyamorous-partnerships-and-other-domestic-arrangements-with-more-than-2-adults/ |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rwinters.com/council/030821.htm |title=Cambridge City Council meeting - March 8, 2021 - AGENDA |author= |date=March 8, 2021 |website=Cambridge Civic Journal |access-date=March 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310150749/http://rwinters.com/council/030821.htm |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |url-status=live}} This is a publication run by a man named Robert Winters, who is a civic watcher of the Cambridge, MA government.</ref><ref>{{cite press release |last1=Adams |first1=Diana |last2=Chen |first2=Alexander |date=March 9, 2021 |title=Cambridge Becomes 2nd US City to Legalize Polyamorous Domestic Partnerships |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/602abeb0ede5cc16ae72cc3a/t/604747971135b1744e8a4002/1615284120965/2021-03-08+PLAC+Press+Release.pdf |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition |agency= |access-date=March 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309192938/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/602abeb0ede5cc16ae72cc3a/t/604747971135b1744e8a4002/1615284120965/2021-03-08+PLAC+Press+Release.pdf |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The measure was supported by the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition, also known as PLAC, composed of the Chosen Family Law Center, Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic, and some members on the [[American Psychological Association]]'s Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy. This ordinance was originally proposed in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cambridgeday.com/2020/07/28/law-acknowledging-polyamorous-relationships-takes-step-forward-two-councillors-holding-back/ |title=Law acknowledging polyamorous relationships takes step forward, two councillors holding back |last=Levy |first=Marc |date=July 28, 2020 |website=Cambridge Day |access-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101074216/https://www.cambridgeday.com/2020/07/28/law-acknowledging-polyamorous-relationships-takes-step-forward-two-councillors-holding-back/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=2656&MediaPosition=&ID=12316&CssClass= |title=POR 2020 #180 The City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the City of Cambridge Law Department to review the above changes to the language of the Domestic Partnerships Ordinance and report back to the Council. Passed to a Second Reading in Council July 27, 2020. To Be Ordained on or After September 14, 2020 |date=2020 |website=[[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |access-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214222512/https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=2656&MediaPosition=&ID=12316&CssClass= |url-status=live }}</ref> In April 2021, the adjacent town of [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], approved domestic partnerships of more than two people through a motion at Town Meeting. Any motion approved at Arlington's Town Meeting is subject to review and approval from the state Attorney General's office;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/arlington-advocate/2021/04/30/arlington-approves-domestic-partnerships-polyamorous-relationships/7410640002/|title=Town Meeting approves domestic partnership for relationships with more than two people|first=Jesse|last=Collings|website=Wicked Local|access-date=May 13, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513163139/https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/arlington-advocate/2021/04/30/arlington-approves-domestic-partnerships-polyamorous-relationships/7410640002/|url-status=live}}</ref> by early January 2022 that office (the office of [[Maura Healey]]) approved it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://masslawyersweekly.com/2022/01/06/ag-upholds-towns-recognition-of-polyamorous-relationships/|title=AG upholds town's recognition of 'polyamorous' relationships &#124; Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly|first=Pat|last=Murphy|date=January 6, 2022|access-date=December 25, 2022|archive-date=December 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225210954/https://masslawyersweekly.com/2022/01/06/ag-upholds-towns-recognition-of-polyamorous-relationships/|url-status=live}}</ref>