A WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE. Edie Windsor memoir coming in October: 'Windsor's "A Wild and Precious Life" will draw upon her uncompleted manuscript and other personal papers, St. Martin's Press announced … [Read more...] about Jonas Brothers, Solange, Edie Windsor, Stevie Nicks, Chicago, George Pell, Jason Collins: HOT LINKS
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Edie Windsor, LGBT Activist, Was a Also a Computer Whiz
Edith Windsor, the LGBT-rights activist who died at the age of 88 on Tuesday, will be long remembered for the culmination of her decades-long career as an activist: the lawsuit that led to … [Read more...] about Edie Windsor, LGBT Activist, Was a Also a Computer Whiz
Obama Releases Statement on Death of ‘Quiet Hero’ Edie Windsor
President Obama released a statement late this afternoon on the death of Edie Windsor, whose 2013 landmark court case struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). RELATED: Edith Windsor, Plaintiff … [Read more...] about Obama Releases Statement on Death of ‘Quiet Hero’ Edie Windsor
Edith Windsor, Plaintiff in Landmark SCOTUS Marriage Case, Has Died
Edith Windsor, plaintiff in the SCOTUS marriage equality case which struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, has died at 88. RELATED: Obama Releases Statement on Death of ‘Quiet Hero’ Edie … [Read more...] about Edith Windsor, Plaintiff in Landmark SCOTUS Marriage Case, Has Died
Roberta Kaplan, Attorney Who Led Edie Windsor’s Successful Challenge to DOMA, Starting New Law Firm
Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who led Edie Windsor's winning fight against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), is leaving her firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison to start her own boutique … [Read more...] about Roberta Kaplan, Attorney Who Led Edie Windsor’s Successful Challenge to DOMA, Starting New Law Firm
DOMA Plaintiff Edie Windsor Remarries
Edith Windsor, the plaintiff who challenged the Defense of Marriage Act before the Supreme Court and won in 2013, has been remarried, to Wells Fargo vice president Judith … [Read more...] about DOMA Plaintiff Edie Windsor Remarries
Broadway Megastars Sing ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ for Orlando: WATCH
Dozens of Broadway megastars have put out a benefit single for the LGBT Center of Central Florida as a tribute to the victims of last week's shooting in Orlando, which took the lives of 49 people and … [Read more...] about Broadway Megastars Sing ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ for Orlando: WATCH
Edie Windsor Reads Her Foreword from Roberta Kaplan’s Book ‘Then Comes Marriage’ – LISTEN
For our next TowleREAD selection, we're thrilled to be featuring Roberta Kaplan's book, Then Comes Marriage: United States v. Windsor and the Defeat of DOMA. Kaplan (below right) was the key litigator … [Read more...] about Edie Windsor Reads Her Foreword from Roberta Kaplan’s Book ‘Then Comes Marriage’ – LISTEN
HRC and DOMA Lawyer Roberta Kaplan Launch ‘The People’s Brief’ – VIDEO
As the Supreme Court's consideration of same-sex marriage draws closer, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and über gay rights litigator Roberta Kaplan (who argued against DOMA on behalf of plaintiff … [Read more...] about HRC and DOMA Lawyer Roberta Kaplan Launch ‘The People’s Brief’ – VIDEO
Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement?
Forty-two years ago, two men obtained a marriage license in Wharton County, Texas — in what was one of the nation's first government-recognized same-sex marriages. The Houston Chronicle … [Read more...] about Gay Texas Couple Was First To Obtain Marriage License 42 Years Ago, But Did They Help Or Hurt The Movement?
