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Steven Goldstein is a civil rights activist and professor, and the founder of Garden State Equality, New Jersey's statewide organization focusing on LGBT equality. Goldstein led Garden State Equality from when he founded it in 2004 until 2013, when New Jersey allowed same-sex marriage as a result of a court ruling in Garden State Equality v. Dow, filed in 2011.〔 October 18, 2013〕 Since 2013, he has been an Associate Professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, and in political science at Rutgers–Newark, where he had previously served as Associate Chancellor for External Affairs. He teaches courses on civil rights and social justice, legislative advocacy, political communication, campaigns and elections, and other courses in law and American politics. He is also Deputy Vice Chair of the New Jersey Democratic State Committee.〔 〕 In September 2002, Goldstein and his then-partner, Daniel Gross, became the first same-sex couple ever to be included in the wedding announcements of ''The New York Times'', marking both their wedding in Montreal and their civil union in Vermont the next day.〔 〕 In February 2007, they became the first same-sex couple to enter a civil union in New Jersey.〔 〕 In 2015, Goldstein and Gross announced they are no longer a couple, but are friends who remain in each other's lives. Goldstein is a lawyer, former television producer, and one-time rabbinical student. He received his B.A. from Brandeis University, an M.P.P. (Master in Public Policy) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School. Goldstein was played by Steve Carell in the 2015 movie ''Freeheld,'' based on the 2008 Academy Award-winning documentary of the same name. Goldstein is a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey.〔 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Steven Goldstein (activist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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