Editing Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon (section)

==Background/marriage==
Martin and Lyon met in [[Seattle]] in 1950 when they began working for the same magazine. They became lovers in 1952 and entered into a  partnership in 1953 when they moved to San Francisco together.<ref name="ABOUT"/><ref name="LGBTRAN"/><ref name="ABOUTLYON" /> Many years later, Lyon and Martin recalled how they learned to live together in 1953. "We really only had problems our first year together. Del would leave her shoes in the middle of the room, and I'd throw them out the window", said Lyon, to which Martin responded, "You'd have an argument with me and try to storm out the door. I had to teach you to fight back."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15518-2004Feb28.html |last=Hull |first=Anne |title=Just Married, After 51 Years Together; Activist Gay Couple Accepts Leading Role |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 29, 2004 |page=A01 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040402083915/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15518-2004Feb28.html |archive-date=April 2, 2004}}</ref>

On February 12, 2004, Martin and Lyon were issued a marriage license by the [[San Francisco, California|City and County of San Francisco]] after mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] [[San Francisco 2004 same-sex weddings|ordered]] that marriage licenses be given to same-sex couples who requested them.<ref name="GLBTQSS">{{cite news |last=Gianoulis |first=Tina |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/lyon_p.html |title=Lyon, Phyllis, and Del Martin |publisher=glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=February 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216142327/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/lyon_p.html |archive-date=February 16, 2007 }}</ref>

The license, along with those of several thousand other same-sex couples, was voided by the [[Supreme Court of California|California Supreme Court]] on August 12, 2004.<ref name="nyt-10apr2020" />
{{blockquote|Del is 83 years old and I am 79. After being together for more than 50 years, it is a terrible blow to have the rights and protections of marriage taken away from us. At our age, we do not have the luxury of time.|Phyllis Lyon}}

However, they were married again on June 16, 2008, after the [[California Supreme Court]] ruled that same-sex marriage was legal.<ref name="nyt-27aug2008" /> Once again they were the first couple married in San Francisco, in fact the only couple married that day by the mayor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/06/061608coup.htm |title=Big Day For Lesbian Couple Of 55 Years |publisher=365gay.com |date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=June 16, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702144710/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/06/061608coup.htm |archive-date=July 2, 2008}}</ref>