Tag: Thea Spyer
TLDEF Mourns the Loss of LGBTQ Rights Icon Edie Windsor
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund today joins millions of LGBTQ Americans and our allies in voicing our sorrow that LGBTQ Rights champion Edie Windsor has passed away.
Callen-Lorde and Edie Windsor to Dedicate the Thea Spyer Center in Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center and marriage equality icon Edie Windsor plan a November 3 ribbon cutting ceremony to honour the life and legacy of Windsor’s late spouse Thea Spyer and dedicate the building named in her honour.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Widow’s Challenge to DOMA
Attorneys for Edith “Edie” Windsor told the U.S. Supreme Court today that the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ) unfairly forced Windsor to pay more than $363,000 in federal estate taxes after the death of her spouse, Thea Spyer, in violation of the equal protection principles guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.