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WANDA GAY REECE OBUARY
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College mp Huntgton, Mantown, and Wheelg also beme plac where gay and lbian stunts found support.
Gays seekg civil rights and regnn beme more polilly active the 1990s. In 1991, the Wt Virgia Coaln for Gay and Lbian Rights formed, and 1993, the anizatn troduced the first amendments to add sexual orientatn to hate crime laws and the Wt Virgia Human Rights Act, although they failed to pass. That year, the first Lbian and Gay Pri march was held on Marshall Universy’s mp.
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In 1993, the weeklong celebratn at Marshall was met wh a unterprott vered by CNN that prompted a California woman to donate $10, 000 to support gay and lbian issu on Marshall’s mp.
The same year, Huntgton native Julia Hagan beme the first Wt Virgia reprentative of the support group, Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays, which now has other active members across the state.
The first statewi Gay Pri Para, held Charlton 1996, end wh drapg the Rabow Flag on the Capol steps. Fairns Wt Virgia, a separate nonprof anizatn, found 2008, works for the rights and protectn of members of the lbian, gay and transgenr muny.
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A signifint breakthrough for Wt Virgia gays and lbians me on October 9, 2014, when same-sex marriage was effectively legalized the state. Earl Ray Tombl and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that state agenci would no longer enforce prev bans on gay marriage. Supreme Court, which had recently refed to hear appeals of lower urt lgs outlawg bans on gay marriage other stat.
"Gay and Lbian Communy. Wh heavy hearts, we announce the ath of Wanda Gay Reece of Prceton, Wt Virgia, born Welch, Wt Virgia, who passed away on July 21, 2023 at the age of 74.