Martin, Del

Martin, Del
▪ 2009
Dorothy L. Taliaferro 
      American gay rights activist

born May 5, 1921, San Francisco, Calif.

died Aug. 27, 2008, San Francisco
was in the forefront of the battle for lesbian and gay rights for more than 50 years. After a brief early marriage, she found that she was attracted to women. Martin and her partner, Phyllis Lyon, founded (1955) the first advocacy group for lesbians, Daughters of Bilitis, which grew to have chapters in several cities before it disbanded in 1970, and edited its newsletter, The Ladder. They wrote the landmark book Lesbian/Woman (1972), followed by Lesbian Love and Liberation (1973); Martin also wrote the classic Battered Wives (1976). Martin was an early member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and was the first avowed lesbian to serve on its board of directors. In 1972 Martin and Lyon founded the Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club, the first gay political organization in the U.S. When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom directed on Feb. 12, 2004, that marriage licenses be issued to same-sex couples, Martin and Lyon were the first couple married. After the California Supreme Court nullified marriages made under that directive, Martin and Lyon joined a lawsuit. In May 2008, however, the same court ruled 4–3 that the state's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. On June 16, after 55 years together, Martin and Lyon became the first same-sex couple to be legally wed in California.

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