aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Nissan: Gay-friendly dream car

I just bought a Hyundai; I’ve long wanted an Infiniti G35. Just a few weeks ago neither company was deemed gay-friendly; now that’s changed:

“We are ecstatic that Nissan North America has rolled out their domestic-partner benefits to all of their U.S. employees,” said Joe LaMuraglia, publisher of Gaywheels.com and former employee of NNA.

“I was fortunate enough to be part of the team that got the ball rolling and began the campaign to push for domestic partner benefits for LGBT employees at Nissan. I commend the employees still there who kept the dream alive and followed this through to completion.”

Nissan will be offering domestic partner benefits to their US-based employees as of January 1, 2007. Employees in the sales and marketing division of the company have enjoyed domestic partnership health insurance and car benefits since January, 2006. The latest addition includes the manufacturing arm of the company, which employs the vast majority of Nissan’s US workers.

I can only assume it’s likely to be a while until such benefits are offered at the Hyundai Alabama plant.