With determination and gratitude she carries on the love and legacy of our community icon Edie Windsor. Her unyielding commitment to the LGBTQ community that “Gay Rights are Human Rights” Judith promised to continue their passion for the fight for all rights and equality. Kasen-Windsor continues to be a champion of LGBTQ causes and focuses her philanthropy on the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), Callen-Lorde Community Health Center / The Thea Spyer Center, The LGBT Community Center of NY, Services & Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Edie Windsor Center for HIV/AIDS at Southampton Hospital, to name just a few. On September 26, 2016, Kasen-Windsor married Edie Windsor at New York City Hall.
During the course of their relationship, the couple publicly participated in a multitude of LGBTQ marches and events. They met while both participating in their mutual passion of LGBTQ activism.
Windsor, which successfully overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and is considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States. She was an active member and President of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority.Įdie Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Judith Kasen-Windsor received her degree from American University, in Washington DC. Kasen-Windsor increased her involvement with LGBTQ community where she helps many people and particularly LGBTQ organizations, individuals and groups become “investment savvy.” Kasen-Windsor is a banking executive, Vice President of Financial Investments and Portfolio Manager in the Private Client Group, LGBTQ activist and philanthropist. Joshua Lyon (co-writer of Edie Windsor's A Wild and Precious Life) is the author of Pill Head: The Secret Life of a Painkiller Addict and has ghostwritten several New York Times bestselling and award-winning LGBTQ memoirs. Edie Windsor and her lawyer Roberta Kaplan received Honorary Degrees from Johns Hopkins in 2014. Join the community for a moderated book talk and dynamic discussion with Judith Kasen-Windsor, surviving spouse of marriage equality pioneer Edie Windsor, and Joshua Lyon, co-author of Edie's memoir, "A Wild and Precious Life." Published in 2019, the memoir tells the story of Edie Windsor’s journey, her life in New York City in the 50s and 60s, and her work as an activist.
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