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Jim Obergefell was the named plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges. Following a win in the Supreme Court on June 26, 2015, Jim became a speaker with Keppler Speakers and continued his work as an activist. Jim is the Director of Individual Giving at Family Equality.
Jim is on the Board of Advisors of the Mattachine Society of Washington, DC, a member of the National Advisory Council of the GLBT Historical Society, and a former member of the Board of Directors of SAGE.
Merging a love of wine with the fight for equality, Jim co-founded Equality Vines, the world's first cause-based wine label, to support organizations devoted to civil rights and equality for all.
Jim was inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2019, and he has received many awards from organizations across the nation. Foreign Policy magazine named Jim one of its 2015 Global Thinkers, and Out magazine named Jim to its 2015 Out 100 list.
Jim lives in Columbus, OH.
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