Edith Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88

Edith Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate Who Fought The Defense Of Marriage Act, Dies At 88

Edith Windsor loved Thea Spyer. For nearly half a century, the two were partners and eventually were legally married as well. When Spyer died in 2009, though, the federal government didn't recognize that love on Windsor's tax forms, expecting her to pay more than $350,000 in estate taxes.

That is, until Windsor fought the law that did not recognize that marriage — and won.

Windsor, whose successful campaign against the Defense of Marriage Act made her an LGBTQ icon, died Tuesday at the age of 88. Judith Kasen-Windsor, whom Windsor married last year, confirmed her death in a statement. . .