Evan Wolfson, the president of the
Freedom to Marry Coalition, has married his longtime boyfriend, Cheng
He, in New York, one of six states where such unions are legal.
According to a profile in The
New York Times, the men met in January 2002 on the site
gay.com.
Dr. He, 36, earned a Ph.D. in molecular
biology at the New York University and now works as a management
consultant at Philosophy IB, a consultancy in Florham Park, New
Jersey.
Wolfson, 54, an attorney who has
devoted most of his adult life – first working at the Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund and later founding the Freedom to Marry
Coalition – fighting for marriage equality, told the Times
that he “always dreamed of falling in love” but felt from an
early age that “the images of marriage in society didn't include
me.”
In 2008, Wolfson proposed with a gift
of a GPS system and a note: “Dear Cheng … As we travel life's
journey, I'd be lost without you. Let's travel together. Will you
marry me? Love, Evan.”
The couple married on October 15 at
Guastavino's, a New York restaurant, surrounded by 50 close friends
and family members.