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 WATCH: Delaware Governor Talks About Signing Marriage Equality Into Law
  The right of same-sex couples to marry just weeks after Gov. Jack Markell told audiences it could, and should, happen in his state this year. 
   
 Diane Anderson-Minshall 
          
          May 08, 2013
          
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Diane Anderson-Minshall is the CEO of Pride Media, and editorial director of The Advocate, Out, and Plus magazine. She's the winner of numerous awards from GLAAD, the NLGJA, WPA, and was named to Folio's Top Women in Media list. She and her co-pilot of 30 years, transgender journalist Jacob Anderson-Minshall penned several books including Queerly Beloved: A Love Across Genders.
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Fresh off of signing marriage equality into law in Delaware, Governor Jack Markell celebrated by joining a few thousand of his closest friends in a Google Hangout. He was joined by Lavi Soloway, founder of the The DOMA Project, to talk about same-sex marriage, civil rights, and this historic moment in time.
 
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WATCH: Delaware Governor Talks About Signing Marriage Equality Into Law

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