LGBTQ+ civil rights pioneer and community activist George Harris, pictured here on his wedding day in 2015, died Aug. 13 at the age of 92. A celebration of his life is planned for this fall.

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Taffet@DallasVoice.com

George Harris and Jack Evans had been together more than 50 years when marriage equality came to Texas on June 26, 2015, in the form of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. A picture of them filing their marriage license at the Dallas County Clerk’s office appeared in newspapers around the world including London, Paris, Hong Kong and New Delhi.

They were featured in People magazine, and Harris said he got calls for interviews from even more newspapers, including the New York Times and the Jerusalem Post.

A little more than six months later, they wer

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