New Throuples Laws ‘Just the Beginning’
The ordinance gives multi-partner households hospital visitation and tenant protections, while allowing them to file an official relationship record with the city.
- On Tuesday, West Hollywood's five-person City Council unanimously approved a polyamorous registry introduced by Mayor John Heilman, granting multi-partner households official recognition with hospital visitation rights and tenant protections.
- Christina Fialho, founder of Rewrite the BiLine, brought the polyamory protection concept to Councilmember Chelsea Lee Byers in early 2025, building on the city's March anti-discrimination ordinance adding 'family or relationship structure' as a protected class.
- Per the ordinance, three or more individuals can register with the city clerk if the relationship is consensual and members are not related by blood, though the law provides limited benefits compared to marriage or state domestic partnerships.
- Megan Katz, a 51-year-old West Hollywood librarian, criticized the ordinance for excluding existing couples, saying the language "bars registering of couples who have already declared other partnerships." Byers indicated she would pursue amendments to include twosomes.
- West Hollywood joins Somerville, Cambridge, Berkeley, and Oakland in recognizing multi-partner relationships, as supporters describe such measures as vital steps to address service barriers in housing, healthcare, and education that traditionally assume dual-income or nuclear family structures.
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One city in Los Angeles is particularly progressive, now allowing relationships between 3 or 4 people to be registered as cohabiting relationships. The city of West Hollywood approved the relevant regulation on Tuesday, following a proposal submitted by Mayor John Heilman. What does the new measure mean for relationships between 3 or 4 people? The measure allows people who are in relationships with more than one partner to officially register th…
West Hollywood votes 5-0 to recognize three-way relationships
THE DAILY BS: HOW MUCH CAN YOU HANDLE? SPARE ME THE BS (I’ve got things to do) West Hollywood unanimously approves legal recognition for relationships involving three or more adults. Registered partners can receive hospital visitation, jail visitation and certain tenant protections. You don’t even have to live in West Hollywood to register your relationship. LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time) Remember when the most complicated question about a relatio…
Los Angeles (USA), Nov 4 (EFE).- The city of West Hollywood, adjacent to Los Angeles and the luxurious Beverly Hills in the state of California, passed this week an ordinance to allow the registration of de facto couples for polyamourous people, a pioneering measure in the United States that challenges the traditional model of monogamous family. The bill was unanimously passed among the five members of the municipal council to allow the 35,000 i…
West Hollywood unanimously passes ordinance granting protections for polyamorous relationships - NEW YORK TIMES POST
West Hollywood passed a city ordinance allowing for the recognition of polyamorous relationships. (iStock) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! West Hollywood, California, unanimously passed a city ordinance Monday that would allow citizens in “multi-partner domestic relationships” to receive protections under city law. “It is hereby declared as the public policy of the [...]
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New York PostCalifornia city makes history allowing throuples, foursomes to legally register as partners
According to a report from the New York Post, a Los Angeles County city has taken a historic step by allowing polyamorous groups to register formally as domestic partners. West Hollywood’s city council unanimously approved the measure on Tuesday, introduced by Mayor John Heilman, opening the door for throuples, foursomes, and other multi-partner relationships to […]
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