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The Marriage Bureau is part of the Office of the City Clerk of New York City. The Bureau provides Marriage Licenses, Domestic Partnership registration, civil Marriage Ceremonies, registration of Marriage Officiants, and copies and amendments of Marriage Records issued by the City Clerk. [1] It is the site of more marriages than any other venue ...
Louis J. Lefkowitz Building. / 40.7152; -74.0013. The Louis J. Lefkowitz State Office Building is a building in the Civic Center of Manhattan in New York City. [ 1] Designed by William Haugaard, State Architect for the State of New York, the Lefkowitz Building is home, among other things, to the Manhattan Marriage Bureau.
The Marriage Equality Act is a 2011 landmark New York State law that made same-sex marriage legal. The bill was introduced in the New York State Assembly by Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell and in the New York State Senate by Senator Thomas Duane. It was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on June 24, 2011 and took effect on July 24, 2011.
In the 1970s, members of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) carried out a zap at the New York City Marriage License Bureau demanding marriage rights for gays and lesbians. [1] The direct action was in response to government discrimination against ceremonial same-sex unions that had been carried out in a church which the GAA used as a meeting space.
[4] [5] In June 1971, members of the Gay Activists Alliance demanded marriage rights for same-sex couples at New York City's Marriage License Bureau. [6] [7] The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in October 1971 that Minnesota's laws prohibiting marriages between same-sex partners did not violate the federal constitution.
4 June – Members of the Gay Activists Alliance demand marriage rights for same-sex couples at New York City's Marriage License Bureau. [75] [76] Jack Baker and Michael McConnell re-apply and are granted a marriage licence in Blue Earth County, Minnesota after discovering the county has no laws prohibiting same sex marriage. Therefore, on 3 ...
Brooklyn College, Queens College, City University of New York. Occupation (s) Author, Gay Activist. Notable work. Special Teachers/Special Boys (1979) Partner. Peter Fisher (activist) Marc Rubin (April 2, 1932 – February 28, 2007) was an author and activist involved in the gay liberation movement. [ 1][ 2]
The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...