Trailblazing lesbian activist Phyllis Lyon, an advocate for LGBTQ rights since the 1950s, died today at age 95.Lyon “died peacefully at her home in San Francisco … of natural causes,” according to The Bay Area Reporter.“Few individuals contributed more to issues impacting LGBTQ, women’s, civil rights and the rights of elder Americans than Ms.
Lyon and her partner,” Del Martin, the Reporter notes.Lyon and Martin, who died in 2008, began their relationship in 1952 in Seattle, where they both