RIP, Edie Windsor. She died peacefully, at 88, her lawyer, Robbie Kaplan, confirms to @BuzzFeedNews:https://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/edith-windsor-dies?utm_term=.dn6rB89gD#.nooO0KXAz …
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On March 27, 2013, Edie Windsor's case was heard by the justices, with her sitting there, and Robbie Kaplan argued. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/is-treating-married-couples-differently-constitutional?utm_term=.feayMvdaq#.wrQm0adEv …pic.twitter.com/BLDF1FQkRt
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Then, we waited. On DOMA and Prop 8.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/same-sex-couples-a-widow-and-a-nation-wait-on-the-supreme-co?utm_term=.ojLyK3vlR#.bvvj3YZmJ …
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On June 26, 2013,
#SCOTUS struck down DOMA, ending the federal ban on recognition of same-sex couples' marriages.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-rules-doma-is-unconstitutional?utm_term=.ciNoJ5WYZ#.gtRGVjrdz …Show this thread -
The move tipped the scales toward full marriage equality, as I wrote that day. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-tips-scales-of-justice-toward-marriage-equalit?utm_term=.mtQm9VGdk#.dlB8DMBwY …pic.twitter.com/Hu4EEANmZw
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She was the hero of NYC pride, traveled the country, and, truly, just kept being Edie. She also got her taxes back. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/with-supreme-court-case-against-doma-done-edith-windsor-will?utm_term=.vmBY75KN2#.mmAbBR5vV …pic.twitter.com/AjNrJCqKRP
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Today, she is missed—but I'm so grateful to have gotten to know Edie Windsor & to have been able to tell her story. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/meet-the-hero-of-the-marriage-equality-movement?utm_term=.mh7Qd4DgE#.pe7w8P1vX …pic.twitter.com/GhKcHGRFzj
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"Few were as small in stature as Edie Windsor – and few made as big a difference to America." - Barack Obamapic.twitter.com/XTolVoTGgy
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