(San Francisco, August 27, 2008) — Civil rights leader Del Martin, who made international headlines in June when she and her partner became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in California, died today in San Francisco. She was 87. Martin's spouse and partner of more than 50 years, Phyllis Lyon, was at her side.
(San Francisco, March 4, 2008) — Attorneys for same-sex couples presented arguments to the California Supreme Court today in a historic lawsuit seeking to strike down a state law that bars lesbians and gay men from marriage.
(San Francisco, March 4, 2008) — Abogados representantes de parejas del mismo sexo presentaron argumentos hoy ante la Corte Suprema de California en un pleito histórico que busca la derogación de una ley estatal que prohíbe casarse a las lesbianas y hombres gays.
(San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2007) — In a resounding victory, a California Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed the validity of a Board of Equalization rule that protects domestic partners from increased property taxes when one of the partners dies and the other inherits the couple's home. California law has long provided this protection for surviving heterosexual spouses.
