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Richard Adams, same-sex marriage pioneer, dies at 65

Nearly a hundred same-sex couples in Rio de Janeiro legalized their unions -- to a status just shy of marriage in the Latin American country -- in a group ceremony Sunday, local media reported. Image via AFP

Richard Adams, a pioneer in the fight for same-sex marriage who advocated for that right beginning in the 1970s, died at 65 after a short illness, reported the Huffington Post. Adams and his partner, Tony Sullivan, actually received a marriage licenses in 1975. A county clerk in Colorado had begun…

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