Love: The Heroic Stories of Marriage Equality

Celebrating the history of the LGBTQ+ community’s marriage equality movement from the 1950s until today, this triumphant journey is presented in compelling stories of the pioneering couples, along with winning photographs.

This beautiful, moving tome honors the brave LGBTQ+ couples, activists, and allies who fought for and ultimately gained the right to marry. The chronological presentation of 100 inspiring stories of these dauntless partners up to the strategists of today, recount how they were instrumental in bringing about this basic civil right. Beginning in the pre-1970s era when gay couples were nearly invisible, the story then shifts to the growing activism of the 1980s and 1990s, continues with the landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2015, which granted full marriage equality across the nation, and concludes with an exploration of current issues. These moving profiles, along with archival images, feature couples from major court cases, such as Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, along with well-known personalities whose narratives helped draw attention to marriage equality, including Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni, George and Brad Takei, and Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.

Frankie Frankeny is the founder of GoodDoxie Studios and a photographer/director. She has documented the marriage equality movement since 2004. Frankeny has also produced numerous award-winning books. John Casey is the senior editor/writer of The Advocate. Civil rights activist Jim Obergefell’s court case won marriage equality nationwide. Evan Wolfson is the author of Why Marriage Matters. Marc Solomon and others were involved in the fight for marriage equality.