Del Martin was a lesbian feminist and gay-rights activist. She helped found Daughters of Bilitis in 1955, which was the first political organization for lesbians in the US. She and her wife were the first same sex couple to be married in San Francisco in 2004, but it was nullified. In 2008 they were the first same-sex couple to be married in San Francisco after same-sex marriage was legalized in California.
| Names |
Del Martin (Main)
BE [n74.154]
Dorothy L Taliaferro (altName)
BE [“Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon | Profile,” LGBT Religious Archives Network, n.d., https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/del-martin-phyllis-lyon] |
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| Related Pages | Del Martin on LGLC
Del Martin on VIAF |
| Birth Date | 1921/05/05 |
| Birth Place | San Francisco |
| Death Date | 2008/08/27 |
| Death Place | https://lglc.ca/place/SF/ |
| Identities |
Lesbian
BG [n74.154] G [ISBN:0805738630] American |
| Occupations |
Writer
“Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon | Profile,” LGBT Religious Archives Network, n.d., https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/del-martin-phyllis-lyon Journalist“Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon,” LGBT History Month, n.d., https://lgbthistorymonth.com/del-martin-phyllis-lyon?tab=biography |
| Associated Organizations |
https://lglc.ca/organization/[NOWNYC]/ (Member)
1970 ISBN:9780810872264 Organization: Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club (Founder)1972 ISBN:9780810872264 Organization: Coalition for Justice for Battered Women (Founder)1975 ISBN:9780810872264 Organization: Council on Religion and the Homosexual (Board Member)“Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon | Profile,” LGBT Religious Archives Network, n.d., https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/del-martin-phyllis-lyon Organization: Council on Religion and the Homosexual (Founder)1964 ISBN:9780810872264 Organization: Daughters of Bilitis (President)1955 - 1960 ISBN:0805738630 1955 - 1974/09 https://lglc.ca/event/n74.154 ISBN:0805738630 Organization: Lesbian Mothers' Union (Founder)1971 ISBN:9780810872264 https://lglc.ca/organization/NOW/ (Board Member)1973 - 1974 ISBN:9780810872264 https://lglc.ca/organization/NOW/ (Member)1967 ISBN:0805738630 |
| Associated Periodicals |
The Ladder (Editor)
1960 - 1962 “Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon,” LGBT History Month, n.d., https://lgbthistorymonth.com/del-martin-phyllis-lyon?tab=biography |