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<p><b>Phyllis Ann Lyon</b> (* <a href="10._November" title="10. November">10. November</a> <a href="1924" title="1924">1924</a> in <a href="Tulsa" title="Tulsa">Tulsa</a>, <a href="Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>; † <a href="9._April" title="9. April">9. April</a> <a href="2020" title="2020">2020</a> in <a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>) war eine <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanische</a> <a href="Journalistin" class="mw-redirect" title="Journalistin">Journalistin</a>, <a href="Autorin" class="mw-redirect" title="Autorin">Autorin</a> und <a href="LSBTI" class="mw-redirect" title="LSBTI">LSBTI</a>-Aktivistin.
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<p>Lyon besuchte das <i>San Francisco State College</i> und studierte bis 1946 an der <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> Journalistik, wo sie einen Bachelor of Arts erreichte. Nach ihrem Universitätsabschluss arbeitete sie als Journalistin. Als Reporterin arbeitete sie in den 1940er Jahren für die Zeitung <i>Chico Enterprise-Record</i> in <a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>. In den 1950er Jahren war sie für zwei Magazine in <a href="Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> als Journalistin tätig.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In den 1950er Jahren war Lyon Mitgründerin der Organisation <a href="Daughters_of_Bilitis" title="Daughters of Bilitis">Daughters of Bilitis</a>. 1963 gründete Lyon gemeinsam mit Del Martin die Zeitschrift <a href="The_Ladder_(Zeitschrift)" title="The Ladder (Zeitschrift)">The Ladder</a>. 2008 heiratete sie ihre langjährige Lebensgefährtin <a href="Del_Martin" title="Del Martin">Del Martin</a>, mit der sie mehrere Bücher und Beiträge in diversen Magazinen als Autorinnen gemeinsam verfasst hatte. Im April 2020 verstarb Lyon in San Francisco.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke_(Auswahl)"><span id="Werke_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Werke (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Lesbian/Woman</i>, 1972 (gemeinsam mit <a href="Del_Martin" title="Del Martin">Del Martin</a>) (<a href="Stonewall_Book_Award" title="Stonewall Book Award">Stonewall Book Award</a> 1972)</li>
<li><i>Lesbian Love and Liberation</i>, 1973 (gemeinsam mit Del Martin)</li>
<li><i>Battered Wives</i>, 1979</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filme_über_Phyllis_Lyon"><span id="Filme_.C3.BCber_Phyllis_Lyon"></span>Filme über Phyllis Lyon</h2></div>
<ul><li>2003: <i>No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon</i></li>
<li>2017: <i><a href="When_We_Rise" title="When We Rise">When We Rise</a></i>: Rolle von Phyllis Lyon gespielt von Schauspielerin <a href="Maddie_Corman" title="Maddie Corman">Maddie Corman</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur_(Auswahl)"><span id="Literatur_.28Auswahl.29"></span>Literatur (Auswahl)</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Vern_Bullough" class="mw-redirect" title="Vern Bullough">Bullough, Vern L.</a>, <i>Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context</i>, Harrington Park Press, 2002</li>
<li>Gallo, Marcia M., <i>Different Daughters: A history of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Birth of the Lesbian Rights Movement</i>, Carroll & Graf, 2006</li></ul>
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<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Del_Martin_and_Phyllis_Lyon?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-california-gay-marriage-20150627-story.html">Los Angeles Times: Same-sex marriage rights in trailblazing California now extend to all</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/obituaries/phyllis-lyon-dead.html">New York Times: Phyllis Lyon dead</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pridesource.com/article/obituary-phyllis-ann-lyon/">PrideSource: Obituary Phyllis Ann Lyon</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/del-martin-phyllis-lyon">LGBTQReligiousarchives: Del Martin und Phyllis Lyon</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/obituaries/phyllis-lyon-dead.html">New York Times: Phyllis Lyon dead</a></span>
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