Advertisement2011: An Extraordinary Year For Gay RightsDecember 31, 2011NPR StafffacebookEmailPhyllis Siegel (right) kisses her wife, Connie Kopelov, after the two exchanged vows at the Manhattan City Clerk's office. The couple were the first same-sex pair to tie the knot in New York City after the state's Marriage Equality Act went into effect on July 24. (AP)