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News (USA)Vernita Gray, gay rights activist and among the first to marry in Ill., has died
CHICAGO — A gay rights activist, who was one half of the first same-sex couple to marry in Illinois, has died at age 65. Family friend Jim Bennett says Vernita Gray died late Tuesday of cancer at the same Chicago home where she married Patricia Ewert in late November.
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News (USA)Terminally ill woman, partner exchange vows in Illinois’ first same-sex wedding
CHICAGO — Two Chicago women on Wednesday became the first same-sex couple to say their vows in Illinois after a federal judge granted an expedited marriage license because of one woman’s ailing health.
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News (USA)Terminally ill woman, partner to be first same-sex couple to marry in Illinois
CHICAGO — Even as they celebrated their home state becoming the 16th to legalize same-sex marriage, Chicago couple Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert couldn’t help but feel bitter disappointment: Marriages cannot legally start in Illinois until June 1, 2014, a day one of them might not live to see.
