Jack Baker (activist)
Jack Baker (born Richard John Baker, 1942) saw himself as a gay activist in the state of Minnesota (U.S.A.), beginning in mid 1969 until 1980. He and Michael McConnell (born James Michael McConnell, 1942) demanded from government a license to marry. Within a Modern Gay Movement, they accomplished their goal of lawful marriage, then returned to a very private life.
Read more about Jack Baker (activist): Student Activism, Marriage License Granted in Blue Earth County
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“The meeting, in spite of my attempt to decline it, appointed me one of the delegates, so that in getting Baker the nomination, I shall be “fixed” a good deal like a fellow who is made groomsman to the man what has cut him out, and is marrying his own dear “gal.””
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