About Evan
Evan Wolfson is a lawyer and social change strategist who founded Freedom to Marry, the campaign that secured marriage equality across all 50 US states. He is recognized as a key figure in advancing LGBTQ+ rights, having litigated landmark cases including Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale before the U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier in his career, Wolfson worked at Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund directing the Marriage Project.
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- Founding Freedom to Marry campaign
- Marriage equality litigation
- LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy
- Strategy for social and legal change
- Leadership in human rights movements
- Attorney
- Social change strategist
- Professor
- Activist
- Legal advisor
- LGBTQ Rights
- Civil Rights
- Social Justice
- Law and Legal Affairs
- Marriage equality
- Civil rights strategy
- Social change and activism
- Leadership and tenets of success
- Diversity and inclusion
- Democracy and human rights
- Immigration
- Gun control
- Education reform
- Healthcare reform
- Environmental policy
- Women's rights
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