GMHC applauds Governor Andrew Cuomo for proclaiming Edie Windsor Day on June 20 (her birthday). She would have been 89 today. A friend to GMHC and loved by tens of thousands, Edie was a fierce marriage-equality activist--even in her petite frame. She took on the U.S. Supreme Court with a lawsuit, challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that kept the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, including hers to Thea Spyer.
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