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Founder and Director, Freedom to Marry; lawyer.  National Law Journal in 2000 named Evan one of "the 100 most influential lawyers in America." Newsweek/The Daily Beast dubbed Evan "the godfather of gay marriage" and Time Magazine named him one of "the 100 most influential people in the world." In 2012, Evan received the Barnard Medal of Distinction.  Author, 'Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry' (Simon & Schuster, 2004).
 
Founder and Director, Freedom to Marry; lawyer.  National Law Journal in 2000 named Evan one of "the 100 most influential lawyers in America." Newsweek/The Daily Beast dubbed Evan "the godfather of gay marriage" and Time Magazine named him one of "the 100 most influential people in the world." In 2012, Evan received the Barnard Medal of Distinction.  Author, 'Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry' (Simon & Schuster, 2004).
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* [[Practising LGBTQ Rights Lawyers]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 13:45, 8 November 2016

Evan Wolfson

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1957 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

Founder and Director, Freedom to Marry; lawyer. National Law Journal in 2000 named Evan one of "the 100 most influential lawyers in America." Newsweek/The Daily Beast dubbed Evan "the godfather of gay marriage" and Time Magazine named him one of "the 100 most influential people in the world." In 2012, Evan received the Barnard Medal of Distinction. Author, 'Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry' (Simon & Schuster, 2004).

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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