45 Trailblazers Who Changed The World, From Pride 1969 To Pride 2014

From: Queerty

John Kuiper

In 1979, John Kuiper, a reverend, became the first gay man in America to win the right to adopt a child. At the time, Judge James Battista of Greene County Family Court in Albany, New York, remarked, “The reverend is providing a good home.”