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Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:00 AM

Annie Leibovitz and the gay tax

The real reason the photographer found herself in such dire financial straits.
Nancy Goldstein

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  • Thursday, March 5, 2009 08:53 AM

    Forget Sontag and Leibowitz for a moment...

    sounds like a less-than-apt example distracting us from a very good point. So it's hard to establish that these women had a genuine domestic partnership (in the absence of legal marriage). It still highlights a serious problem for longtime gay couples who share everything. What does the surviving partner do in these situations? If a house is in one partner's name, does the other have to pay taxes on it (and possibly lose it in the process)? For that matter, what about things like Social Security or VA benefits?

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