The online dating site EHarmony.com has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit brought by gays and lesbians who said the service discriminated against them. As part of the proposed agreement, the company will pay more than half a million dollars and make its website more "welcoming" to seekers of same-sex matches, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
The Pasadena-based company had already launched a service last year for gays and lesbians, called Compatible Partners, as part of an unrelated settlement with the New Jersey attorney general's civil rights division. As a result of the settlement agreement, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and pending approval by a judge, EHarmony will now add a "gay and lesbian dating" category to its main website that will direct users to Compatible Partners. Bisexual users will also be able to access both websites for one fee.
