Deanne Fitzmaurice / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images file. While the loss of Phyllis makes this a profoundly sad day, I hope we can focus on the groundbreaking impact she and Del had on our community from the founding of the Daughters of Bilitis to their hard-fought battles to transform the National Organization for Women into a lesbian-inclusive organization and their activism on behalf of LGBTQ seniors. Phyllis and Del were the manifestation of love and devotion. (CNN)Activist Phyllis Lyon, who spent more than 50 years fighting for LGBTQ rights, died of natural causes. Shepherding the campaign is gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman. Gavin Newsom shared the news of Lyon's death in a post on Twitter on Thursday, calling her a "dear friend. We owe Phyllis intense gratitude & love for her work.". — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) April 9, 2020. And although the path is lonelier without her, we know the way because of her.". Lyon and Martin, who passed away in 2008, first met back in 1950. Phyllis Lyon, famed LGBTQ activist, dies. They were among the original plaintiffs in a series of lawsuits that led to the verdict. The pair were famously the first couple married at San Francisco City Hall on Valentine’s Day in 2004 by then Mayor Gavin Newsom after he ordered the city clerk to begin providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In 2004, San Francisco officials allowed gay couples in the city to wed, prompting a flood of applicants to the City Hall clerk's office. In 2004, San … Phyllis Lyon, a lesbian activist who was relentless in her push for LGBTQ and women’s rights, and was rewarded for 50 years in the fight when she and her partner became the first same-sex couple to be legally wed in California, in 2008, died of natural causes Thursday morning at her San Francisco home. From the moment I started as legal director at NCLR, Phyllis and Del were fixtures in my life. I got to be a part of not one but two weddings with them! They were married February 12, 2004. — Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) April 9, 2020. Lyon died of natural causes, California State Sen. Scott Weiner, who is chairman of the LGBTQ caucus, confirmed, "We lost a giant today," Weiner wrote. Phyllis Lyon, left, and Del Martin, a couple for 51 years, hold up their marriage certificate outside City Hall after they were married in a civil ceremony in San Francisco on Feb. 12, 2004. Martin, whom Lyon later married, died in 2008. ( Lyon and Martin were initially married by Newsom in February 2004. ) Pioneering lesbian activist and civil rights giant Phyllis Lyon died Thursday, officials said. CNN.com reported that California Gov. Courts later made the city cease performing same-sex marriages and invalidated the unions. “We know that there is still more work to be done to carry forward Phyllis’s legacy of civil rights, and we will continue her fight.My thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends during this difficult time.”, Sen. Kamala Harris also praised Lyon in a tweet, calling her “an icon.”. The home of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, a late lesbian couple who sought to defy federal and state marriage equality bans in 2004 by getting married, could be preserved as a city landmark. "Her activism changed what we thought was possible," an activist said. She was 95. CNN.com reported that California Gov. And the same with housing and the same with almost everything.”. 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Lyon was working as a journalist in Seattle when she met her lifelong partner Del Martin in 1950. Lyon’s survivors include a sister, a daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren, and a great-grandson. “We hadn’t given it much thought,” she said. I'm honored to have called them my friends. married as soon as that ruling went into effect, Arrest Made in Killing, Mutilation of Philadelphia Trans Woman, Gay Black Trump Fan Some Claim Is Patti LaBelle's Son Ignites Frenzy, Homophobic Pastor and White House Adviser Bishop Harry Jackson Dies, Supreme Court Appears Inclined to Uphold Affordable Care Act, Tom of Finland 2021 Calendar: A Year of Leathermen, Cowboys, and Studs, Trump's Final Act: Tear Down American Democracy Itself, Michael Cohen Admits Trump's Loss in OnlyFans Video to Gay Adult Star. “I am saddened by Phyllis Lyon’s passing. 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Phyllis Lyon, top, and Del Martin in their home in San Francisco on June 12, 2008. Yet for over 50 years they were denied the right to say 2 extraordinary words: I do.Phyllis—it was the honor of a lifetime to marry you & Del. Gavin Newsom shared the news of Lyon's death in a post on Twitter on April 9, calling her a "dear friend."
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