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Evan Wolfson is Executive Director of Freedom to Marry, the gay and non-gay partnership working to win marriage equality nationwide. Before founding Freedom to Marry, Wolfson served as marriage project director for Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, was co-counsel in the historic Hawaii marriage case, Baehr v. Miike, and participated in numerous gay rights and HIV/AIDS cases. Between his studies at Yale College and Harvard Law School, Wolfson spent two years with the Peace Corps in West Africa and then worked as a state prosecutor and special counsel in the Iran/Contra investigation. Citing his national leadership on marriage equality and his appearance before the... Read full bio

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Guardian.co.uk, May 8, 2012
...of our community as Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning writer of Milk, and Freedom to Marry founder Evan Wolfson embrace Mehlman and ignore the damage he is doing across the country, it outrages me. 'The swiftest movement in history to...
Advocate.com, April 26, 2012
...Jane Lynch Actress 48. Dan Savage Editor/Activist/TV Personality, 47 49. Robert Hanson CEO, American Eagle Outfitters, 49 50. Evan Wolfson Founder and President, Freedom to Marry, 55 51. Andre Banks Cofounder, Executive Director, AllOut.org 52. Bryce...
seattlepi.com, February 7, 2012
...marriage in this state.  The 9th Circuit ruling, Silk argued, is “on the right side of history.” Evan Wolfson, head of the national group Freedom to Marry, said:  “The 9th Circuit rightly held that a state simply may not take a group of people...
Q-Notes, November 19, 2011
...nature. Progressives to host Wolfson Progressive watchdog N.C. Policy Watch will host Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson, author of ”Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People’s Right to Marry,” and other special guests...
Macleans Online, November 1, 2011
..."All My Children"), Polly Draper ("thirtysomething") and Harriet Harris ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"). Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson, who married his partner in New York last month, says he and members of his group are excited to...
Cornwall Daily, November 1, 2011
..."All My Children"), Polly Draper ("thirtysomething") and Harriet Harris ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"). Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson, who married his partner in New York last month, says he and members of his group are excited to...
Deseret Morning News, November 1, 2011
..."All My Children"), Polly Draper ("thirtysomething") and Harriet Harris ("Thoroughly Modern Millie"). Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson, who married his partner in New York last month, says he and members of his group are excited to...
Salon, March 2, 2012
...their beliefs not only in individual and economic freedoms, but personal responsibility and family values. founder and president Evan Wolfson says that, although he realizes Americans will have important economic concerns on their minds during this...
Human Rights Campaign, March 2, 2012
...our cause and his career spent fighting for equality and fairness on a wide range of progressive causes." Evan Wolfson, Founder & President, Freedom to Marry: “This is a terrific choice for HRC and our movement. I admire people who raise the bar and...
Miami Herald, March 2, 2012
...our cause and his career spent fighting for equality and fairness on a wide range of progressive causes." Evan Wolfson, Founder & President, Freedom to Marry: “This is a terrific choice for HRC and our movement. I admire people who raise the bar...
Washington Blade, March 2, 2012
...a spokesperson for  Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) also said the senator support including marriage equality language in the platform. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, praised these senators for their endorsements and said his organization...
Common Dreams, March 2, 2012
...Charles Schumer (D-NY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark Udall (D-CO), and Ron Wyden (D-OR). Below is a statement from Evan Wolfson, founder and President of Freedom to Marry: "These 19 senators from across the nation all know firsthand why marriage matters...
American Prospect, March 2, 2012
...of something that the majority of Democrats—and country—now support. It's also an educational campaign. When I asked Evan Wolfson, FTM's founder and marriage-equality visionary, the point of this effort (after all, who reads party platforms) he told...
Washington Blade, March 2, 2012
...Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) also said their bosses support including marriage equality language in the platform. Evan Wolfson, president of Freedom to Marry, praised these senators for their endorsements and said his...