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    Dorothy Louise Taliaferro "Del" Martin (May 5, 1921 – August 27, 2008) and Phyllis Ann Lyon (November 10, 1924 – April 9, 2020) were an American lesbian...
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    Bamberger and Rosemary Sliepen, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Marcia Foster and her partner June, and Noni Frey and her partner Mary. Rose and Rosemary...
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  • feminist and gay rights activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, in which the authors discuss what it means to be a lesbian. The book was influential and is considered...
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    writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison won a number...
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    sexual and affectional orientation." Del Martin was the first open lesbian elected to NOW's board of directors, and Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the...
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    awareness, educate members, and connect the pursuit of social justice with LGBTQ+ rights. In 1955, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon established the Daughters...
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    by four lesbian couples (including Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon) and was the first national lesbian political and social organization in the United States...
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  • Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, first lesbian couple to get married in Spain (m. 1901, Loriga died 19??, Ibeas died 19??) Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, both...
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    LGBTQ (redirect from Lesbian and Gay)
    organizations, including Daughters of Bilitis, which was founded by Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, but disbanded in 1970 following disputes over which goal should...
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  • by four lesbian couples (including Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon) and was the first national lesbian political and social organization in the United States...
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  • same-sex couple to be issued a license were lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. After three days, city officials estimated that they had already...
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    Lesbian Histories and Cultures (1st ed.). New York: Garland Publishing. pp. 453–454. ISBN 9780203825532. Martin, Del; Lyon, Phyllis (1991). Lesbian /...
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    imply assertiveness and toughness (for example: the Dykes on Bikes motorcycle club). The origin of the term dyke is obscure and many theories have been...
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  • symbolise the lesbian community. Since 1999, many designs have been proposed and used. Although personal preferences exist, as well as various controversies...
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    pejorative. A joke which references U-Haul (a brand of self-move rental trucks and trailers) became well known in lesbian culture. Question: What does a lesbian...
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  • couples in San Francisco (including Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon). On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a seamstress and volunteer secretary for the NAACP,...
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  • of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon; Removing the Barriers, used to train healthcare providers to improve service to lesbian clients; Women Organize!; and Solidarity...
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    appeared in October 1956, edited by Phyllis Lyon, who co-founded the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) in 1955 with Del Martin, both of whom had journalism experience...
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    (CBS) Outstanding Documentary No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (Sundance Channel) The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story (Showtime)...
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    Lopez Tony Hawk Tyrus Wong Ruth Asawa Jerry Garcia Larry Itliong Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon Anna May Wong Ritchie Valens Lynda Carter Roy Choi Steven Chu...
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  • ceremony in the United States happened on February 12, 2004 between Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, when mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom ordered city hall to...
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    football player Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (1921–2008 and 1924–2020), American feminists and gay-rights activists Denys R. Martin (before 1920–1970),...
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    The Songs of Bilitis (category Ancient Greece in art and culture)
    the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. In regard to its name, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, two of the group's founders...
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  • older sisters, Phyllis and Helen, are very close, but are rarely mentioned in Zami and Lorde spends little time with them. Her parents and other adults...
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  • officials began issuing marriage licenses in San Francisco. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the first same-sex couple to be married. The event was intended...
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  • was founded in San Francisco, California, by activist couple Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. In 1965, The Imperial Council of San Francisco was formed by...
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    voted to support a center for gay seniors, and to honor Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin's 25th anniversary and pioneering work. After Milk's vote for the...
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    Rosemary Hennessy Monique Wittig, 67, Feminist Writer, Dies, by Douglas Martin, January 12, 2003, New York Times Benewick, Robert (1998). The Routledge...
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    behaviors, styles, self-perception, and so on. This concept has been called a "way to organize sexual relationships and gender and sexual identity". Butch–femme...
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    Butch (lesbian slang) (category Butch and femme)
    of women in society and distinguish their masculine attributes and characteristics from feminine women. Starting in the 1940s and 1950s, butch became...
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