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Edith "Edie" Windsor foi uma ativista americana pelos direitos LGBT e gerente de tecnologia da IBM. Em 2013, ela foi a autora principal no caso United States v. Windsor, na Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos que anulou Seção 3 da Defesa do Ato do Casamento. Essa vitória legal foi considerada um marco para o movimento pelo casamento igualitário nos Estados Unidos. O Governo Obama e as agências federais estenderam direitos e benefícios aos casais do mesmo sexo por causa da decisão. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. Junho 1929 – 12. Setembro 2017
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Edith Windsor: Frases em inglês

“I really believe in the supreme court. First of all, I'm the youngest in my family and justice matters a lot – the littlest one gets pushed around a lot. And I trust the supreme court, I trust the constitution – so I feel a certain confidence that we'll win.”

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On her confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court in “Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer: 'A love affair that just kept on and on and on'” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/edith-windsor-thea-spyer-doma) (The Guardian; 2013 Jun 26)

“I could not imagine a life that way…I wanted to be like everybody else. You marry a man who supports you – it never occurred to me I'd have to earn a living, and nor did I study to earn a living.”

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On coming to the realization that she was a lesbian (as quoted in “Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer: 'A love affair that just kept on and on and on'” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/26/edith-windsor-thea-spyer-doma) (The Guardian; 2013 Jun 26)

“We told ourselves that it didn’t matter if there was no word to cement our reality…We were the ones that made it real. And yet, the sense of otherness loomed.”

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On wanting to legitimize her relationship (as quoted in “Gay rights icon Edie Windsor’s sheer force carries ‘A Wild and Precious Life’” https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/arts/books/2019/10/08/gay-rights-icon-edie-windsors-sheer-force-carries-a-wild-and-precious-life/) (Tampa Bay; 2019 Oct 8)