Richard Adams (activist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard Adams (activist)
Filipino-American gay rights activist
Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1947
Date of Death: 17-Dec-2012
Profession: LGBT rights activist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Richard Adams (activist)
- Richard Frank Adams (March 9, 1947 – December 17, 2012) was a Filipino-American gay rights activist.
- After his 1975 same-sex marriage was declared invalid for the purposes of granting his husband permanent residency, Adams filed the federal lawsuit Adams v.
- Howerton.
- This was the first lawsuit in America to seek recognition of a same-sex marriage by the federal government.
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