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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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    women condensed to the point of explosion".: 70  DOB founders Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon similarly relegated sexual acts as unnecessary, defining a lesbian...
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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    and Lesbianism was established. Del Martin was the first open lesbian elected to NOW, and Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the first lesbian couple to...
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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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    Lipstick lesbian (category Butch and femme)
    feminine gender attributes, such as wearing make-up, dresses or skirts, and having other characteristics associated with feminine women. In popular usage...
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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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  • less sex than any other type of couple the longer the relationship lasts, and generally experience less sexual intimacy as a consequence. It may also be...
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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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  • owner, Rikki Streicher, its employees, and patrons, including Judy Grahn, Sally Gearhart, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Last Call at Maud's was shown as a...
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  • Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. In 1971, Foster, along with Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, transformed the SIR Political Action Committee into the Alice...
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    activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Lyon and Martin were cofounders of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian organization in the United States, and their...
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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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  • Whitaker. Other notable patrons of that era were Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, poet Judy Grahn, and academic and activist Sally Gearhart. Maud's, said historian...
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    Lesbian feminism (category Feminism and history)
    and Lesbianism was established. Del Martin was the first open lesbian elected to NOW, and Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were the first lesbian couple to...
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    discussion in a Mattachine Meeting. In 1955 in San Francisco, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon founded Daughters of Bilitis, part of the homophile movement...
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  • Randy Shilts, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Trinity Ordona, and others, have described the incident at Peg's Place when discussing the gay and feminist liberation...
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  • the San Francisco area. Founded in 1971 by activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Beth Elliott, and Jim Foster, it was the first organization for gay Democrats...
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  • Femme (category Butch and femme)
    men and bisexuals. Some non-binary and transgender individuals also identify as lesbians using this term. Heavily associated with lesbian history and culture...
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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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    Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution, St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-34269-1 Duberman, Martin (1993). Stonewall, Penguin Books. ISBN 0-525-93602-5...
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    of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon - Producer (with Joan E. Biren) 2009: Training Rules - Director/Producer (with Fawn Yacker) List of female film and television...
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