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Longest-married same-sex<\/a> couple<\/a> in the U.S. shares their story on the eve of Stonewall 50<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/p>\n

When Michael McConnell and Jack Baker were married in 1970, the American Psychiatric Association still considered homosexuality a \u201cmental disorder.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until three years after their union that the APA finally removed it from the official list of disorders.<\/p>\n

Of course, same-sex<\/a> marriage was nowhere close to being legalized. But Jack, who was an aspiring lawyer at the time, was determined. So he found a legal loophole that allowed for the couple<\/a> to be legally wed.<\/p>\n

In 2016, the guys<\/a> wrote about their incredible story in The Wedding Heard \u2018Round The World. <\/em>Now, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, they sat down with Global News<\/a> to talk about their 48 years together and what it\u2019s like being the longest-married same-sex<\/a> couple<\/a> in the United States at such a historic time during the LGBTQ movement.<\/p>\n

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