Today would have been the 75th birthday of Filipino-American activist Richard Adams (right).Richard
Today would have been the 75th birthday of Filipino-American activist Richard Adams (right).Richard married his Australian partner Tony Sullivan (left) in 1975, with a marriage licence granted by a Clela Rorex, a County Clerk in Boulder, Colorado. When the Immigration and Naturalisation Service denied Tony’s application for permanent residency as Richard’s spouse, Richard became the first person in America to file a lawsuit seeking federal recognition of same-sex marriage.The couple’s marriage was finally federally recognised in 2016, four years after Richard’s death.[Image: Richard and Tony smiling with their arms around each other, source] -- source link
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