First to Marry, After Five Decades

Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 83, will be the first same-sex couple to have a legal wedding in California. The couple, who have been together for over five decades, were also the first to wed when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began marrying couples in 2004—marriages that were then revoked by the state. The couple were then among the plaintiffs in the case in which the Supreme Court ruled same-sex couples have the right to marry.

Martin has one daughter from a previous marriage to a man. She and Lyon, as many of you know, are also among the mothers of the lesbian-rights movement.

Newsom will repeat Martin and Lyon’s ceremony at 5 p.m. on June 16, and this time, there is no doubt it is legal. Very many congratulations to the couple.

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4 Responses to “First to Marry, After Five Decades”

1. 
   Polly
   on Jun 11th, 2008
   @ 5:26 am: 

   Wow. The founders of the Daughters of Bilitis — and thus, arguably, the lesbian chunk of the lesbian-gay-bi-trans civil rights movement — have seen so so much. Thank heavens they lived to see this.

2. 
   Mombian » Blog Archive » From Sea to Shining Sea
   on Jun 16th, 2008
   @ 8:02 am: 

   [...] happy wedding day to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, who will marry today at 5:01 p.m. Pacific, after waiting over 50 years. Two other plaintiffs in the marriage case, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, who got the ball rolling [...]

3. 
   Offsprung > Mombian » From Sea to Shining Sea
   on Jun 16th, 2008
   @ 5:32 pm: 

   [...] happy wedding day to Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, who will marry today at 5:01 p.m. Pacific, after waiting over 50 years. Two other plaintiffs in the marriage case, Robin Tyler and Diane Olson, who got the ball rolling [...]

4. 
   Why Marriage Isn’t My Golden Ticket « Radical Doula
   on Jun 18th, 2008
   @ 3:12 pm: 

   [...] community are celebrating the decision, my excitement was rather muted. While I am touched by the stories of couples getting married after 50 years together, I know that marriage isn’t my golden ticket. Marriage isn’t my golden ticket unless I’m [...]