‘Anyone who lives with anyone’: American city moves to normalize polyamory

It started out as “gays” wanting recognition and acknowledgement. Now there literally is no alternative lifestyle that appears to be out of bounds.

Including multiple partners, as one city moves to normalize polyamory.

A report at the Post-Millennial explains it is the Olympia, Washington, City Council that is considering a referral that would “significantly expand the city’s non-discrimination code by adding ‘family or relationship structure’ as a protected civil rights category in a move to include polyamorous and non-monogamous households.”

NEW: The City Council of Olympia, WA is proposing legislation to add polyamory to “diverse family structure” civil liberty protections on behalf of the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy (OPEN) to combat “discrimination” in the polyamorous & LGBTQIA2S communities… pic.twitter.com/lWJCOaZvma

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The push is coming from the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy, and Council member Robert Vanderpool.

He would have the council draft and consider an ordinance providing protections in housing, healthcare, public services and more for polyamorous arrangements.

“Proponents of the referral repeatedly argued that people in polyamorous and LGBTQIA2S+ communities face heightened discrimination, particularly in housing, citing US Department of Housing and Urban Development data showing that familial status discrimination accounts for 8.5 percent of Fair Housing Act complaints, as well as a 2024 survey by OPEN documenting stigma faced by adults in non-monogamous relationships,’ the report explained.

But, the report noted too, “the HUD data referenced does not distinguish between federally recognized ‘familial status,’ which primarily concerns households with children, and relationship configurations involving multiple adult partners. Critics note that the ordinance would apply to ‘anyone who lives with anyone,’ potentially including friends, extended family members, or unrelated adults sharing housing.”