Lyon, Phyllis

Phyllis Lyon
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Name	Lyon, Phyllis Gender: F
Birthname	Phyllis Ann Lyon
born on	10 November 1924 at 09:38 (= 09:38 AM )
Place	Tulsa, Oklahoma, 36n09, 96w00
Timezone	CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Steinbrecher
Astrology data	17°59' 08°12 Asc. 20°40'

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Phyllis Lyon (with Del Martin at their wedding)
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Biography

American author and lesbian-feminist activist, she and her life partner Del Martin founded Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, the first activist group in the US fighting for rights for lesbians. She and Martin had met in 1950 while Lyon was working as a reporter. The women moved in together in 1953 and through Daughters of Bilitis and other organizations, they continued to fight for lesbian rights. They were key members of NOW (National Organization for Women) as well as the Council of Religion and Homosexuals. Lyon and Martin worked to combat the homophobia they perceived in NOW, and encouraged the National Board of Directors of NOW's 1971 resolution that lesbian issues were feminist issues.

They were married on 12 February 2004 in the first same-sex wedding to take place in San Francisco after Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to begin providing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but that marriage was voided by the California Supreme Court on 12 August 2004. They married again on 16 June 2008, in the first same-sex wedding to take place in San Francisco after the California Supreme Court's decision in In re Marriage Cases legalized same-sex marriage in California. Two months later on 27 August 2008, Martin died from complications of an arm bone fracture in San Francisco at age 87.

During the 1940s, Lyon worked as a reporter for the Chico Enterprise-Record, and during the 1950s, she worked as part of the editorial staff of two Seattle magazines. She died in San Francisco on 9 April 2020 at the age of 95.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Gittings, Barbara (born 31 July 1932)

• friend relationship with Gearhart, Sally Miller (born 15 April 1931)

• spouse relationship with Martin, Del (born 5 May 1921). Notes: 2008

Events

• Relationship : Meet a significant person 1950 (Del Martin)

• Relationship : Begin significant relationship 1952 (Del Martin)

• Work : Begin Major Project 1955 (Established Daughters of Bilitis with her partner)

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1972 (Co-wrote "Lesbian/Woman" with Del Martin)

• Relationship : Marriage 12 February 2004 (Del Martin, marriage later voided)
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• Relationship : Marriage 16 June 2008 (Del Martin)
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• Death of Mate 27 August 2008 (Del Martin)
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• Death, Cause unspecified 9 April 2020 (Age 95)
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Source Notes

Steinbrecher quotes her/birth certificate; returned info form in hand.

Categories

• Family : Relationship : Cohabitation more than 3 yrs (58 years with Del Martin)

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Same sex (Del Martin)

• Family : Relationship : Widowed

• Passions : Sexuality : Lesbian

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 95)

• Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social (Lesbian activist)

• Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist (Author)

• Vocation : Writers : Magazine/ newsletter ("The Ladder")

• Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction ("Lesbian/Woman" and two other books)

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Daughters of Bilitis)

• Notable : Famous : Newsmaker