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Panel from museum exhibit - Marriage Equality
Panel from museum exhibit, Through a Rainbow Lens, A Reflection on Lynn's LGBTQ+ History, Marriage Equality
Location: The Lynn Museum, 590 Washiington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Jim Moser
Date: 2024-06-05
Location: The Lynn Museum, 590 Washiington St., Lynn, MA
Source: Jim Moser
Date: 2024-06-05
Jill and Renee Matheson
Renee and Jill Matheson, together for 5 years married for 3.
Pictured: Jill and Renee Matheson
Years together: 5, married for 3
Location: North Conway, NH
Photographer: Jill and Rene's daughter
Source: Renee Matheson
Date: 2020-07
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
Pictured: Jill and Renee Matheson
Years together: 5, married for 3
Location: North Conway, NH
Photographer: Jill and Rene's daughter
Source: Renee Matheson
Date: 2020-07
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
2016 - Michael Drillis and Eric Luciani met at Fran's and have been married 24 years
Fran's Place was a place to meet people. This couple met at Fran's and have been married 24 years
Pictured: Michael Drillis and Eric Luciani
Location: Fran's Place, 776 Washington St., Lynn MA
Photographer: Keiran Kesner, The Boston Globe
Source: The Boston Globe
Date: 2016-09-15
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Pictured: Michael Drillis and Eric Luciani
Location: Fran's Place, 776 Washington St., Lynn MA
Photographer: Keiran Kesner, The Boston Globe
Source: The Boston Globe
Date: 2016-09-15
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2015 - Supreme Court legalizes same sex marriages
The U.S. Supreme Court legalizes same sex marriages. The front page of the Daily reports, “It’s a great day for LGBTs everywhere.”
Pictured: Front page of Daily Item
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2015-06-27, page 1
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Pictured: Front page of Daily Item
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2015-06-27, page 1
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Denae's Dad clapping at her wedding ceremony
This photo is important to me as it took place at my wedding and it meant a lot to have my Dad (and entire family) there. My dad is also gay and later in the day he read my coming out letter to everyone at my wedding (as a surprise). He is someone who made me feel comfortable enough to be out and open at an early age (even though he did not feel that way growing up as a kid). He and my mother being married and eventually separating also inspired me to live my life as authentically as possible at an early age to avoid living a life I didn't want.
Pictured: Daniel Pachucki
Location: Tabernacle Congregational Church, UCC, 50 Washington St, Salem, MA
Photographer: Bharat Parmar
Source: Denae Ramos-Pachucki
Date: 2014-05-24
Pictured: Daniel Pachucki
Location: Tabernacle Congregational Church, UCC, 50 Washington St, Salem, MA
Photographer: Bharat Parmar
Source: Denae Ramos-Pachucki
Date: 2014-05-24
2013 - Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
The U.S. Supreme Court declared a section of the Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause, thereby requiring the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages conducted by the states. Two years later, the Court held that same-sex marriage was a fundamental right protected by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. The ruling required all states to perform and recognize the marriages of same-sex couples,
Pictured: News clipping
Location: Washington, DC
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 2013-06-27
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Pictured: News clipping
Location: Washington, DC
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 2013-06-27
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Couple celebrates first same sex marriage license in US
Susan Shepherd and her wife, Marcia Hams, hold the first same-sex marriage license in the US. They met while working at the GE plant in Lynn. Susan worked at GE Lynn from 1975 - 1988 and Marcia Hams worked there from 1976 - 1984.
Pictured: Peter Hams, son of Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd, looks on as his moms cut the cake at the first anniversary party celebrating marriage equality at Cambridge City Hall. One year previous, Peter’s moms received the first legal same-sex marriage license in the country. That night, Marcia, fighting back tears, said, “There’s a kid somewhere that’s watching this. It’s going to change his whole life.” A year later, Peter had become an eloquent spokesperson for the children of gay and lesbian parents. (Marcia Hams quoted in Yvonne Abraham and Rick Klein, “Free to Marry –Historic Date Arrives,” Boston Globe, 17 May 2004.)
Location: Lynn, MA and Cambridge, MA
Photographer: Marilyn Humphries
Date: 2004-05-17, photo is of their one year anniversary in Cambridge
© 2004 Marilyn Humphries
Pictured: Peter Hams, son of Marcia Hams and Susan Shepherd, looks on as his moms cut the cake at the first anniversary party celebrating marriage equality at Cambridge City Hall. One year previous, Peter’s moms received the first legal same-sex marriage license in the country. That night, Marcia, fighting back tears, said, “There’s a kid somewhere that’s watching this. It’s going to change his whole life.” A year later, Peter had become an eloquent spokesperson for the children of gay and lesbian parents. (Marcia Hams quoted in Yvonne Abraham and Rick Klein, “Free to Marry –Historic Date Arrives,” Boston Globe, 17 May 2004.)
Location: Lynn, MA and Cambridge, MA
Photographer: Marilyn Humphries
Date: 2004-05-17, photo is of their one year anniversary in Cambridge
© 2004 Marilyn Humphries
2004 - May 17th same-sex marriage licenses issued in Lynn
Ruth Davidson and Emily Sherwood and Margot Abels and Bridget McGuiness were among the Lynn same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses on May 17th, the first day marriage equality became legal in Massachusetts.
Pictured: News Article
Location: City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 2004-05-17
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Pictured: News Article
Location: City Hall, 3 City Hall Square, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, Page 1
Date: 2004-05-17
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Steve Harrington and Jeff Chelgren, 36 years together
My husband, Jeff Chelgren, and I after getting our marriage license in May, 2004. We haved lived in Lynn since 1996. They have been a couple for 36 years.
Pictured: Jeff Chelgren and Steve Harrington
Location: City Hall, Lynn, MA
Source: Steve Harrington
Date: 2004-04-17
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
Pictured: Jeff Chelgren and Steve Harrington
Location: City Hall, Lynn, MA
Source: Steve Harrington
Date: 2004-04-17
Subjects: HISTORIC LOVE
2003 - High court upholds gay unions
In 2003 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court ruled that laws prohibiting same sex marriages are unconstitutional. Local couple Tony Hart and Joel Bean of Swampscott welcome the Supreme Judicial Court decision.
Pictured: Tony Hart and Joel Bean
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 2003-11-19
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Pictured: Tony Hart and Joel Bean
Location: Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 1
Date: 2003-11-19
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2003 - Rev. Jane Gould editorial on same-sex marriage
Reverend Jane Gould of St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church in Lynn wrote an Item op-ed, “Same-sex relationships must be protected” in support of same sex marriage. St. Stephen's continues to be an affirming and welcoming place for the LGBTQ+ community.
Pictured: Editorial
Location: St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church, 74 S Common St, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2003-06-14
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Pictured: Editorial
Location: St. Stephen's Memorial Episcopal Church, 74 S Common St, Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item
Date: 2003-06-14
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1996 - Defense of Marriage Act passed
The Defense of Marriage Act is signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996, banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage by limiting the definition of marriage to the union of one man and one woman. It further allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.
Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Washington, DC
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 1996-07-13
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Pictured: News Clipping
Location: Washington, DC
Source: The Lynn Item
Date: 1996-07-13
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1896 - A spinsters' party
Mrs. Harriet S. Purinton holds a "Spinsters' Party" at her home, attended by over 100 single women. The attendees did not conform to traditional marriage roles.
Pictured: News clipping
Location: 831 Western Ave., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 4
Date: 1896-06-05
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Pictured: News clipping
Location: 831 Western Ave., Lynn, MA
Source: The Daily Item, page 4
Date: 1896-06-05
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Marry a man for cover
Joanne Patrizzi McDonald poses with the man she married for cover. Her family planned to withold her inheritance if she did not marry.
Location: Fran's Place, Lynn MA
Photographer: Patricia A. Gozemba
Date: circa 1984
Location: Fran's Place, Lynn MA
Photographer: Patricia A. Gozemba
Date: circa 1984
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