There is a documentary on at the moment called “No Secret Anymore” that tells the incredible story of two of my heroes, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. They are a Butch-Femme couple in their 80’s, and they have been together since before most of us were even born. They still live in the same house in the Castro that they have shared since 1953, and they are still in love.
When they were a young couple, Phyllis and Del were starved for a community of like-minded folks, so these two brave pioneers set out to create much needed community… during the Mcarthy era. In doing so, they literally changed the world for the rest of us.
And they never stopped. They were there during the women’s movement, Harvey Milk, all of it. They even got married last year during San Francisco’s renegade wedding blitz at City Hall.
I met this couple once. Ordinary and extraordinary women, those two. My hat’s off to two warriors of love. They did it TOGETHER.
Click here to read about the documentary, now showing on the Sundance Channel.
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