Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Wedding of Martin and Lyon, 2008 Martin and Lyon after their first wedding, 2004. Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) [1] and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) [2] [3] were an American lesbian couple based in San Francisco who were known as feminist and gay-rights activists.
The initial membership included thirty-six women, out of the conference attendance of two hundred, with Del Martin as a contact for the organization. [3] Eventually the Lesbian Mothers Union was established in both San Francisco and Oakland, California , totaling more than a hundred members locally by 1973.
move to sidebar hide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, Del Martin died in 2008. [205] Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the first same sex couple to be legally wed in the United States (2004) In 2004, same-sex marriage was legalized in the state of Massachusetts, and Marcia Hams and Sue Shepherd became the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in Massachusetts.
Age: 52 Lives: Des Moines Education: 2016 graduate of Grand View University Career: Infection prevention nurse at UnityPoint Health-Des Moines Family: Husband ...
The complete surviving organizational records of the national office and the San Francisco Chapter of the Daughters of Bilitis are available to researchers as part of the Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Papers at the GLBT Historical Society, a nonprofit archives and research center in San Francisco. An online finding aid provides a detailed catalog ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us