CHICAGO — Mary L. Bonauto, the Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been awarded a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant.”
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“It’s not about me, it’s about the people in the lawsuits, the plaintiffs and their stories.”
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… follows Evan Wolfson, the “architect” of the same-sex marriage movement, legendary civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto, and her clients, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse. It’s been met with …

… Supreme Court this year has been honored in Maine.
The Maine Trial Lawyers Association recognized Mary Bonauto with its 2015 Legends Award Wednesday at its annual dinner in Portland.
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… side will be Joseph Whalen, Tennessee’s associate solicitor general.
A look at the advocates:
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Bonauto has been called the Thurgood Marshall of the push for equal rights …

… to dignity and respect as we age,” GLAD Civil Rights Project Director and Maine Attorney Mary Bonauto said. “That is all Marie and other transgender older adults are asking for …

… by GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, the same legal group that brought the gay marriage case.
Mary Bonauto, the group’s civil rights project director, called the ruling “a major victory …

… a trial in Detroit.
The main lawyers were Carole Stanyar, Dana Nessel, Ken Mogill and Mary Bonauto.
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… legalized gay marriage would have on clergy members who would object to officiating a ceremony for religious reasons.
Mary Bonauto, who represented same-sex couples in the case, told …

Dana Verkouteren, APThis artist rendering shows civil rights lawyer Mary Bonauto right. arguing before the Supreme Court during its hearing on same-sex marriage, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in Washington …

… barely a decade of experience with same-sex marriage in the United States, Kennedy told Mary Bonauto, a lawyer representing same-sex couples.
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… barely a decade of experience with same-sex marriage in the United States, Kennedy told Mary Bonauto, a lawyer representing same-sex couples.
The 78-year-old justice’s likely …

… Schaerr, a Washington lawyer.
The push for same-sex marriage comes down to fairness, said Mary Bonauto, who will argue on behalf of the plaintiffs. The people who have brought …

… one that may have political benefits for governors or attorneys general in more conservative states.
Mary Bonauto, civil rights director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, said she thinks the Supreme …

… Supreme Court to reverse them, “a majority of the country would find that shocking,” said Mary Bonauto, the director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and …

… behind the first same-sex marriages in Massachusetts and the nation 10 years ago.
Lawyer Mary Bonauto said at the Cambridge City Hall festivities that none of the dire predictions …

… personal stories.
“With more same-sex marriages, you saw more people changing their minds,” said Mary Bonauto, civil rights project director at Boston-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and the …

… This decision belongs to the people and should be decided by the people,” Campbell said.
Mary Bonauto, the director of the Civil Rights Project at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and …

… site.
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On May 17, 2004, Pagan escorted LGBT civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto to City Hall Plaza when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor …

… a steady stream of state-level lawsuits by gay couples, according to Boston-based lawyer Mary Bonauto, whose work with Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders helped legalize same-sex …