May 17, 20211 minMay 17, 2004: First same-sex couples marry in MassachusettsON THIS DAY IN 2004… The first same-sex couples to legally marry in the United States exchanged vows in Massachusetts. The previous...
Apr 11, 20212 minApril 11, 2001: Mary Bonauto files Massachusetts marriage suitON THIS DAY IN 2001... Attorney Mary Bonauto sued Massachusetts in state court on behalf of seven couples seeking the right to marry....
Mar 25, 20212 minMarch 25, 2010: Gay-rights operatives revise national marriage strategy ON THIS DAY IN 2010… Officials from the nation’s leading gay-rights organizations met outside Boston to revise and update the movement’s...
Mar 3, 20212 minMarch 3, 2009: Mary Bonauto files DOMA suitON THIS DAY IN 2009... New England attorney Mary Bonauto filed the first lawsuit in which legally married couples challenged the Defense...