Edie Windsor on Coming Out, Her Love Story, and How Times Have Changed

[William769]

Edie Windsor, the 83-year-old lesbian widow whose case before the Supreme Court just struck down a key section of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act and cleared the way for legally married same-sex couples to access a litany of federal benefits, filmed a rare video interview for lesbian cruise line Olivia Travel to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary.

In the video, Windsor talks about how old she was when she first realized she was gay, how she managed to come out, what her love for Thea Spyer, her spouse of four decades, looked like, and how the LGBT community achieved some of the landmark victories we've seen recently.

"Once we, the whole community," began to come out and be visible, it started to move much more rapidly," Windsor says of the recent advances in LGBT equality. "When people discovered that their children, or their cousins, or their brother, or you know, their husband, were gay. So I think the way that it accelerated in the last five years has been glorious."

http://www.shewired.com/lifestyle/2013/07/10/watch-edie-windsor-coming-out-her-love-story-and-how-times-have-changed

An inspiration to us all.

[xchrom]

1. fabulous. nt

[closeupready]

2. She IS an inspiration, to everyone.

Long may she live. K&R

[pinto]

3. Great point about recognizing gay family members as they come out, in due course, helping us all.

Of course I mean natural, normal and supportive recognition.

[theHandpuppet]

4. I'm disappointed that this thread has so few recs

This courageous woman is one of the most important figures in the history of gay rights. Maybe if she had a few beefcake shots to offer there would be more interest and respect on this forum. That may sound pithy, but as a lesbian there's a reason I don't post much to this forum anymore.

[William769]

5. I'm not quite sure what to say.

I am a Gay male, I was the one that posted this. I try to post to cater to all and yes I even on occasion will post a beefcake thread.

I wished more females would post here.

I also participate in the Feminism and Diversity (Group) heres the link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1254 where I do post several op's for lesbians.

Please feel free to post op's yourself here (I promise to participate).



Bill