Adams, Richard 1947-2012

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Name (Latin)
Adams, Richard 1947-2012
Date of birth
1947-03-09
Date of death
2012-12-17
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q7323634
Library of congress: no2016052490
Wikipedia description:

Richard Frank Adams (March 9, 1947 – December 17, 2012) was a Filipino-American gay rights activist. After his 1975 same-sex marriage was declared invalid for the purposes of granting his husband permanent residency, Adams filed the federal lawsuit Adams v. Howerton. This was the first lawsuit in America to seek recognition of a same-sex marriage by the federal government.

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