According to the 2014 book entitled, The Fight for Marriage Equality in the Land of Lincoln written by Tracy Baim and Kate Sosin, the fight began in the early 1950's in Illinois. For countless decades after, the fight was worked on in many different ways. Even during the year that led up to March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, StonewallAGAIN's founder, Mike Lackovich and Bisexual liaison, Br. Michael C. Oboza (ret) brought StonewallAGAIN to several anti-marriage equality rallies and protests.
Following StonewallAGAIN's historic recorded activism... It was on October 22, 2013, Tracy Baim, matriarch and founder of March on Springfield for Marriage Equality asked Lackovich to help record the day and Oboza to be one of the diverse speakers, regarding Bisexuals in Marriage Equality. Ironically, Illinois Governer Pat Quinn signed Illinois Marriage Equality bill into Illinois law after that successful day.
Before the one year anniversary of March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, Lackovich married his husband, Marc Cohen after eleven years together. Their daughter, Catie and the humbled Oboza were their Wedding witnesses. On October 22, 2014, one year later, StonewallAGAIN, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) inclusive project continues helping confront homophobia, lesbianphobia, biphobia, transphobia and heterophobia.
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