New York Public Library Hosts Display in Honor of Marriage Equality

By Maryann Yin 

NYPL 42nd StThe curators at the New York Public Library have put together a flash display called The Collections: Celebrating Marriage Equality.

This program was organized to honor the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to disallow the states from banning same-sex marriage. CNN.com reports that the United States has become the 21st country to legalize same-sex marriage.

According to the press release, visitors will find this display in Astor Hall of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The items being featured include a 1934 photo of Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein, a children’s book with a story about a same-sex wedding called Daddy’s Wedding, a copy of the 1963 edition of One magazine, a 1927 letter written by Virginia Woolf addressed to Vita Sackville-West, and a copy of The Surprising Adventures of a Female Husband! pamphlet. The opening date has been scheduled for June 26.