id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-9096 Domestic partnership - Wikipedia .html text/html 6160 780 58 Some jurisdictions, such as Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. states of California, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and for couples over 62 within Washington use the term "domestic partnership" to mean what other jurisdictions call civil union, civil partnership, or registered partnership. In August 1979, gay rights activist Tom Brougham proposed a new category of relationship called "domestic partnership".[1] Initially, the requirements were that only two people who resided together and were qualified to marry except that they were the same gender. Hungary has domestic partnerships, whereas most other nations in Europe recognize some form of civil unions, also called a registered partnership, or civil partnership for same-sex partners, which afford rights similar to marriage to LGBT couples. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9096.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9096.txt