FILE - In this June 16, 2008, file photo, Del Martin, left, places a ring on her partner Phyllis Lyon, right, during their wedding ceremony officiated by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, center, at City Hall in San Francisco. Pioneering gay rights activist Lyon, who was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do so, has died at her San Francisco home. Lyon died at age 95 of natural causes Thursday, April 9, 2020.
“Before cell phones they always had their phone number listed in the phone book in case any young or terrified LGBTQ person needed help or support,” she said. “And they fielded dozens of calls over the years.”Lyon was a journalist who met her lifelong love, Martin, while working at a magazine in Seattle. The couple moved to San Francisco in 1953.
Newsom was a newly elected mayor of San Francisco in 2004 when he decided to challenge California’s marriage laws by issuing licenses to same-sex couples. His advisers and gay rights advocates had the perfect couple in mind to be the public face of the movement.
Rest In Peace, and thank you for making the world a better place.
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God bless her
Darn virus.
caldev3 💔😥
HEROS!
Love knows no boundaries. A v brave woman. RIP Phyllis.
As a Trump fan and religious conservative .... God bless her. No one should judge. RIP
My sympathy to her family and friends.
I pray they burn in hell.
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Being a gay isn't the will of God,it's devilish. I m sure he will easily find his way to hell
RIP 🙏🙏
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Sad
My heart is heavy 😢
mary_swilling I remember that day.
LisaTalmadge ☹️
Del Martin was Phyllis Lyon's longtime partner. Her name belongs in this Tweet. Tremendously important women, lesbian icons. 🏳️🌈
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Wait...wait....coronavirus right.......
Rest in Honor beautiful woman
Where is she now though?
May her forever memory be a blessing.
mikeyerxa ❤️😢❤️
Straight to hell.
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