Home of first lesbian couple to legally marry in San Francisco will become landmark By April Siese
May 6, 2021 / 4:46 AM / CBS News
The home of the first lesbian couple to legally marry in San Francisco will soon become a landmark. The city s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to grant 651 Duncan St. that designation on Tuesday.
Late lesbian activists Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin owned the home. They bought the one-bedroom house in 1955. It soon became an unofficial office for the Daughters of Bilitis, a political and social organization for lesbians the couple founded that year. They provided a place for lesbians who were really, really, really in the closet to hang out and dance, have holiday potlucks so they wouldn t have to go home and hang out with their homophobic relatives, Shayne Watson, an architectural historian who specializes in LGBTQ heritage conservation, told the Associated Press. Watson played a role in helping to get the home land