Phyllis Lyon, LGBTQ rights pioneer, dies at age 95
She and her wife, Del Martin, were activists and mentors before there was a movement or community, said a longtime friend Phyllis Lyon, an LGBTQ rights pioneer who, with her longtime partner, was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do so in 2008, has died at her San Francisco home. She was 95. A photo of the couple from the the 2003 film No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Photograph: Allstar/Sundance Channel Lyon lived her life with…
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