美國的女同志運(yùn)動(dòng)先鋒黛兒馬丁(Del Martin)于今年八月二十七日逝世，享年87。她和她的伴侶菲莉絲賴恩(Phyllis Lyon) 一九五零年相識(shí)，一九五五年創(chuàng)辦美國第一個(gè)女同志團(tuán)體「比利提思的女兒」，并一同主編第一本女同志雜志「階梯」。馬丁后來成為美國最大的全國性婦女組織（NOW）第一位公開的女同志成員，積極對(duì)抗當(dāng)時(shí)婦女運(yùn)動(dòng)與團(tuán)體內(nèi)的恐同行徑，一九七一年該組織終于宣示，女同志議題就是女性主義議題。馬丁和賴恩是美國加州舊金山市2004年舉辦的第一次同志婚禮中（當(dāng)時(shí)市長藉此抗議加州州法不認(rèn)可同志婚姻），第一對(duì)、也是最年長、最為人欽羨的女同志伴侶。她們于今年六月加州宣布同志婚姻合法之后，再次結(jié)婚。

　　舊金山市與加州的同性婚姻權(quán)之戰(zhàn)，拍攝成一部紀(jì)錄片〈世紀(jì)的革命性婚禮（One Wedding and a Revolution）〉。黛兒馬丁與菲莉絲賴恩這對(duì)在同志人權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)中奉獻(xiàn)了半個(gè)世紀(jì)的伴侶，經(jīng)同志團(tuán)體推薦獲市政府之邀，成為舊金山市宣示同性婚姻合法的首對(duì)登記者，終于在有生之年得到應(yīng)有的權(quán)利和祝福；
但同時(shí)也因?yàn)榧又葜菡�府�?duì)同性婚姻的反對(duì)，她們等于臨老再上火線，參與了加州同志婚姻權(quán)臨門一腳的戰(zhàn)役。2006年在臺(tái)灣同志社群中播映時(shí)，「自己的權(quán)利與幸福，自己爭��！」兩位年邁也有些行動(dòng)不便的老婆婆，互相扶持著張羅婚事，真摯莞爾的牽手與同志之情令人動(dòng)容，不覺讓所有人臉上爬滿身為同志無比榮耀與驕傲的笑意與淚水。

　　黛兒馬丁走完了精彩的一生，她堅(jiān)忍與熱情的生命為同志晚輩們上了重要的一課，也將銘記在臺(tái)灣同志心中。

　　G/SRAT commemorates the passing away on August 27, 2008, of pioneer lesbian activist Del Martin of the United States. With her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon, Del Martin was a founding member of the Daughters of Bilitis (1955), the first social and political lesbian organization in the United States. Del Martin was also the first openly lesbian member elected to NOW (the U.S. National Organization for Women), and with her partner, battled homophobia within the organization until NOW passed the national resolution in 1971 that lesbian issues were feminist issues. Del Martin met Phyllis Lyon in 1950 and the two were the first, the best known, and the oldest, lesbian couple to be issued a marriage license by San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom in 2004, when the latter sought to challenge California marriage laws. The license was voided by the California Supreme Court in August, 2004. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon once again married on June 16, 2008, after the California Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal.

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