Edie Windsor to Appear at Aug. 11 'First Comes Love' Book Release in Ptown

On August 11 at 6 p.m., author B. Proud will discuss the process of bringing "First Comes Love" to the bookshelf, with help from special guest Edie Windsor, at the Provincetown Public Library.

"'First Comes Love' has it right," said supporter Evan Wolfson, President of Freedom to Marry. "It's the faces and stories of real people that open hearts and minds and pave the way to legal and social change."

Learn how she brought together the most historic collection of couples and stories of the recent LGBTQ movement. Included in this coffee table book are the portraits and stories of Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer, both of the Proposition

The book includes many couples, among them Bishop V. Gene Robinson, original "gay pioneers" Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen, Houston Mayor Annise Parker and her spouse Cathy, the first couple married in Washington, DC and many more intriguing stories of our lives. In March, copies of the book were sent to each of the Supreme Court Justices.

Following the talk, B. Proud and Edie Windsor will be available for Q&A and to sign books.

"'First Comes Love' is more than a book of beautiful photography, it's an essential document," said fellow endorser, HRC President Chad Griffin. "It testifies to a moment in history that all of us made possible and none of us will ever forget: when our community left the closet for good, and equality finally became a mainstream American value."

As both a commercial and fine art photographer, B. Proud has exhibited her award-winning work in solo and
group shows around the globe. Her "First Comes Love" Project is a traveling exhibition of photographs, stories, and video, song and now a hardbound book.

Proud is an adjunct associate professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and currently resides in Wilmington, Delaware with her spouse, Allison, and their yellow lab, Soleil.

Edith S. Windsor challenged the U.S. government and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which
denied federal recognition of legal same-sex marriages. She took her case all the way to the Supreme Court. Windsor, insisting that the government uphold the Constitution and its demand for equality, won a landmark victory for the LGBTQ community in her case United States v. Windsor.

Windsor and Dr. Thea Spyer were together for nearly 44 years, but after Spyer died, the government refused to recognize their legal marriage and charged Windsor with a hefty estate tax. Windsor, who lives in New York City, was a top three finalist for TIME MAGAZINE 2013 PERSON of the YEAR.